How To Install libnetcdff6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff6 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcdff6
Remove libnetcdff6 Configurations and Data
To remove libnetcdff6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcdff6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
