How To Install ncview on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview on AlmaLinux 8.
What is ncview
Ncview is a visual browser for netCDF format files. Typically you would use ncview to get a quick and easy, push-button look at your netCDF files. You can view simple movies of the data, view along various dimensions, take a look at the actual data values, change color maps, invert the data, etc.
We can use yum or dnf to install ncview on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncview.
Install ncview on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ncview using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncview
Install ncview on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ncview using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncview
How To Uninstall ncview on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the ncview package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncview on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
