How To Install libnetcdff-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnetcdff-dev
libnetcdff-dev is:
NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is a set of interfaces for array-oriented data access and a freely distributed collection of data access libraries for C, Fortran, C++, Java, and other languages. The netCDF libraries support a machine-independent format for representing scientific data. Together, the interfaces, libraries, and format support the creation, access, and sharing of scientific data.
This package contains headers for the Fortran library.
There are three methods to install libnetcdff-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnetcdff-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 libnetcdff-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetcdff-dev
Install libnetcdff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdff-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetcdff-dev
Install libnetcdff-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 libnetcdff-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetcdff-dev
How To Uninstall libnetcdff-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnetcdff-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetcdff-dev
Uninstall libnetcdff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetcdff-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcdff-dev
Remove libnetcdff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnetcdff-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetcdff-dev
Remove libnetcdff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetcdff-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetcdff-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.