How To Install libpnetcdf0d on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpnetcdf0d on Debian 9. libpnetcdf0d is Libraryfor reading and writing parallel NetCDF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpnetcdf0d on Debian 9.

What is libpnetcdf0d

libpnetcdf0d is:

PnetCDF provides high-performance parallel I/O while still maintaining file-format compatibility with Unidata’s NetCDF, specifically the formats of CDF-1 and CDF-2.

In addition, PnetCDF supports the CDF-5 file format, an extension of CDF-2, that supports more data types and allows users to define large dimensions, attributes, and variables (>2B elements).

This package provides the static library libpnetcdf.a

There are three methods to install libpnetcdf0d on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpnetcdf0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpnetcdf0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpnetcdf0d

Install libpnetcdf0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpnetcdf0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpnetcdf0d

Install libpnetcdf0d 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 libpnetcdf0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpnetcdf0d

How To Uninstall libpnetcdf0d on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpnetcdf0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpnetcdf0d

Uninstall libpnetcdf0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpnetcdf0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpnetcdf0d

Remove libpnetcdf0d Configurations and Data

To remove libpnetcdf0d configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpnetcdf0d

Remove libpnetcdf0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpnetcdf0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpnetcdf0d

Dependencies

libpnetcdf0d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpnetcdf0d package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.