How To Install python3-hdf4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hdf4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-hdf4
python3-hdf4 is:
The Python-HDF4 package wraps the functionality of the NCSA HDF version 4 library inside a Python OOP framework. The SD (scientific dataset), VS (Vdata) and V (Vgroup) APIs are currently implemented. SD datasets are read/written through numpy arrays. NetCDF files can also be read and modified with Python-HDF4.
This package is a fork of pyhdf (http://pysclint.sourceforge.net/pyhdf/).
There are three methods to install python3-hdf4
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-hdf4 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-hdf4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-hdf4
Install python3-hdf4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-hdf4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-hdf4
Install python3-hdf4 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-hdf4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-hdf4
How To Uninstall python3-hdf4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-hdf4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-hdf4
Uninstall python3-hdf4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-hdf4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hdf4
Remove python3-hdf4 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-hdf4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hdf4
Remove python3-hdf4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-hdf4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hdf4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hdf4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.