How To Install libgrib2c0d on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c0d on Ubuntu 18.04. libgrib2c0d is NCEP GRIB2 encoder/decoder library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c0d on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgrib2c0d

libgrib2c0d is:

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

There are three methods to install libgrib2c0d 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 libgrib2c0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib2c0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgrib2c0d

Install libgrib2c0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgrib2c0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgrib2c0d

Install libgrib2c0d 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 libgrib2c0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgrib2c0d

How To Uninstall libgrib2c0d on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libgrib2c0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgrib2c0d

Uninstall libgrib2c0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgrib2c0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgrib2c0d

Remove libgrib2c0d Configurations and Data

To remove libgrib2c0d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgrib2c0d

Remove libgrib2c0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgrib2c0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgrib2c0d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgrib2c0d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.