How To Install libgrib2c-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c-dev on Kali Linux. libgrib2c-dev is NCEP GRIB2 library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgrib2c-dev

libgrib2c-dev is:

This is the libgrib2c library from NCEP for encoding and decoding ‘GRIB2’ data formats.

This package contains the static libraries and headers needed to build applications against libgrib2.

There are three methods to install libgrib2c-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgrib2c-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib2c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgrib2c-dev

Install libgrib2c-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib2c-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgrib2c-dev

Install libgrib2c-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib2c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgrib2c-dev

How To Uninstall libgrib2c-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgrib2c-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgrib2c-dev

Uninstall libgrib2c-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgrib2c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrib2c-dev

Remove libgrib2c-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgrib2c-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgrib2c-dev

Remove libgrib2c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgrib2c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrib2c-dev

Dependencies

libgrib2c-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.