How To Install libmagics++-metview-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-metview-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmagics++-metview-dev
libmagics++-metview-dev is:
Magics++ is the latest generation of the ECMWF’s Meteorological plotting software MAGICS. Although completely redesigned in C++, it is intended to be as backwards-compatible as possible with the Fortran interface.
This package includes the header files and static libraries needed to build metview against magics++.
There are three methods to install libmagics++-metview-dev 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 libmagics++-metview-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 libmagics++-metview-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagics++-metview-dev
Install libmagics++-metview-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagics++-metview-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagics++-metview-dev
Install libmagics++-metview-dev 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 libmagics++-metview-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagics++-metview-dev
How To Uninstall libmagics++-metview-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmagics++-metview-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagics++-metview-dev
Uninstall libmagics++-metview-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagics++-metview-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagics++-metview-dev
Remove libmagics++-metview-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmagics++-metview-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagics++-metview-dev
Remove libmagics++-metview-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagics++-metview-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagics++-metview-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-metview-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
