How To Install python3-cdo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cdo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-cdo
python3-cdo is:
Climate Data Operators are a collection of command line Operators to manipulate and analyse Climate model Data. Supported data formats are GRIB, netCDF, SERVICE, EXTRA and IEG. There are more than 400 operators available. This package provides a Python3 wrapper for CDO.
There are three methods to install python3-cdo 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 python3-cdo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cdo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cdo
Install python3-cdo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cdo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cdo
Install python3-cdo 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 python3-cdo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cdo
How To Uninstall python3-cdo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-cdo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cdo
Uninstall python3-cdo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cdo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cdo
Remove python3-cdo Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cdo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cdo
Remove python3-cdo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cdo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cdo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cdo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
