How To Install pnetcdf-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pnetcdf-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pnetcdf-bin
pnetcdf-bin is:
Contains tools for working on netCDF files in parallel.
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).
There are three methods to install pnetcdf-bin 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 pnetcdf-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pnetcdf-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pnetcdf-bin
Install pnetcdf-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pnetcdf-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pnetcdf-bin
Install pnetcdf-bin 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 pnetcdf-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pnetcdf-bin
How To Uninstall pnetcdf-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pnetcdf-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pnetcdf-bin
Uninstall pnetcdf-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pnetcdf-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pnetcdf-bin
Remove pnetcdf-bin Configurations and Data
To remove pnetcdf-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pnetcdf-bin
Remove pnetcdf-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pnetcdf-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pnetcdf-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pnetcdf-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
