How To Install wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8. wgrib2 is Manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB2 files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is wgrib2

Wgrib2 is a swiss army knife for grib2 files. You can use it inventory or extract data. You can do basic database operations and other nifty things.

We can use yum or dnf to install wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wgrib2.

Install wgrib2 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 wgrib2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wgrib2

Install wgrib2 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 wgrib2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wgrib2

How To Uninstall wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the wgrib2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wgrib2

wgrib2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wgrib2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/c2b6d8bece102a9ee35ee35fb263db0a37f5f3
/usr/share/doc/wgrib2
/usr/share/doc/wgrib2/LICENSE-wgrib2
/usr/share/doc/wgrib2/README

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wgrib2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.