How To Install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8. wgrib is Manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `wgrib`

WGRIB is a program to manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB files.

We can use yum or dnf to install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wgrib.

Install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install wgrib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wgrib

Install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install wgrib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wgrib

How To Uninstall wgrib on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the wgrib package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wgrib

wgrib Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wgrib
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/731b202feef5b67ba612b68005b0c912bf07af
/usr/share/doc/wgrib
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/Changes
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/double_prec.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/formats.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/formats_update.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/grib2ieee.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/land.grb
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/misc.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/porting.txt
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/testbin.c
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/testbin.f
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/tricks.wgrib
/usr/share/doc/wgrib/usertables.txt

References

wgrib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.