How To Install libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgrib-api-tools
libgrib-api-tools is:
The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C and FORTRAN programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages.
This is a useful set of command line tools to give quick access to grib messages.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install libgrib-api-tools
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgrib-api-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgrib-api-tools
Install libgrib-api-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgrib-api-tools
Install libgrib-api-tools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgrib-api-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgrib-api-tools
How To Uninstall libgrib-api-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgrib-api-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgrib-api-tools
Uninstall libgrib-api-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgrib-api-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrib-api-tools
Remove libgrib-api-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libgrib-api-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgrib-api-tools
Remove libgrib-api-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgrib-api-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrib-api-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib-api-tools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.