How To Install libnetcdf13 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdf13
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnetcdf13
libnetcdf13 is:
NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is an interface for scientific data access and a freely-distributed software library that provides an implementation of the interface. The netCDF library also defines a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. Together, the interface, library, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data.
This package contains the C run-time shared libraries required by programs.
There are three methods to install libnetcdf13
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 libnetcdf13 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdf13
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetcdf13
Install libnetcdf13 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdf13
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetcdf13
Install libnetcdf13 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 libnetcdf13
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetcdf13
How To Uninstall libnetcdf13 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnetcdf13
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetcdf13
Uninstall libnetcdf13 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetcdf13
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcdf13
Remove libnetcdf13 Configurations and Data
To remove libnetcdf13
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetcdf13
Remove libnetcdf13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetcdf13
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetcdf13
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdf13
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.