How To Install python-mpop on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpop on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mpop
python-mpop is:
The Meteorological Post-Processing package is a Python library for generating RGB products for meteorological remote sensing. As such it can create RGB composites directly from satellite instrument channels, or take advantage of precomputed PGEs.
It is designed to be easily extendable to support any meteorological satellite by the creation of plugins. In the base distribution, it is provided support for Meteosat 7, 8, 9, MTSAT1R, MTSAT2, GOES 11, GOES 12, GOES 13 through the use of mipp, and Noaa 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and Metop A through the use of aapp and ahamap.
Reprojection of data is also available through the use of the pyresample package.
This package is part of the PyTroll toolset.
There are three methods to install python-mpop 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-mpop 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-mpop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mpop
Install python-mpop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mpop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mpop
Install python-mpop 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-mpop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mpop
How To Uninstall python-mpop on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mpop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mpop
Uninstall python-mpop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mpop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mpop
Remove python-mpop Configurations and Data
To remove python-mpop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mpop
Remove python-mpop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mpop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mpop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mpop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
