How To Install libncarg-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncarg-data on Ubuntu 18.04. libncarg-data is NCAR command-language library - Data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncarg-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libncarg-data

libncarg-data is:

NCAR Command Language library used by NCAR. This package contains data such as colormaps, fonts and map data that is used by the ncarg library.

There are three methods to install libncarg-data 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 libncarg-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libncarg-data

Install libncarg-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libncarg-data

Install libncarg-data 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 libncarg-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libncarg-data

How To Uninstall libncarg-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libncarg-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libncarg-data

Uninstall libncarg-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncarg-data

Remove libncarg-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libncarg-data

Remove libncarg-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libncarg-data

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Summary

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