How To Install libpdl-netcdf-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdl-netcdf-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpdl-netcdf-perl
libpdl-netcdf-perl is:
PDL::NetCDF provides the PDL interface to the Unidata NetCDF library. It uses the netCDF version 3 library to make a subset of netCDF functionality available to PDL users in a clean, object-oriented interface.
The NetCDF standard allows N-dimensional binary data to be efficiently stored, annotated and exchanged between many platforms.
When one creates a new netCDF object, this object is associated with one netCDF file.
There are three methods to install libpdl-netcdf-perl 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 libpdl-netcdf-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdl-netcdf-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdl-netcdf-perl
Install libpdl-netcdf-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdl-netcdf-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdl-netcdf-perl
Install libpdl-netcdf-perl 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 libpdl-netcdf-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdl-netcdf-perl
How To Uninstall libpdl-netcdf-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpdl-netcdf-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdl-netcdf-perl
Uninstall libpdl-netcdf-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdl-netcdf-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdl-netcdf-perl
Remove libpdl-netcdf-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libpdl-netcdf-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdl-netcdf-perl
Remove libpdl-netcdf-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdl-netcdf-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdl-netcdf-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdl-netcdf-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
