How To Install libnetcdff6 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnetcdff6 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnetcdff6 is Fortran interface for scientific data access to large binary data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff6 on Debian 10.

What is libnetcdff6

libnetcdff6 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 Fortran shared library.

There are three methods to install libnetcdff6 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnetcdff6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdff6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnetcdff6

Install libnetcdff6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdff6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnetcdff6

Install libnetcdff6 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetcdff6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnetcdff6

How To Uninstall libnetcdff6 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libnetcdff6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnetcdff6

Uninstall libnetcdff6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnetcdff6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcdff6

Remove libnetcdff6 Configurations and Data

To remove libnetcdff6 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetcdff6

Remove libnetcdff6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnetcdff6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetcdff6

Dependencies

libnetcdff6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff6 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.