How To Install python-gribapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gribapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gribapi
python-gribapi is:
The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C and FORTRAN programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages.
This is a Python wrapper for the GRIB API library.
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install python-gribapi 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 python-gribapi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gribapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gribapi
Install python-gribapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gribapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gribapi
Install python-gribapi 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 python-gribapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gribapi
How To Uninstall python-gribapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gribapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gribapi
Uninstall python-gribapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gribapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gribapi
Remove python-gribapi Configurations and Data
To remove python-gribapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gribapi
Remove python-gribapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gribapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gribapi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gribapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
