How To Install dballe-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dballe-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dballe-common
dballe-common is:
DB-All.e is a fast on-disk database where meteorological observed and forecast data can be stored, searched, retrieved and updated.
This package contains common DB-All.e data files, including variable metadata, BUFR and CREX decoding tables, report metadata, level and time range descriptions.
There are three methods to install dballe-common 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 dballe-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dballe-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dballe-common
Install dballe-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dballe-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dballe-common
Install dballe-common 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 dballe-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dballe-common
How To Uninstall dballe-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dballe-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dballe-common
Uninstall dballe-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dballe-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dballe-common
Remove dballe-common Configurations and Data
To remove dballe-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dballe-common
Remove dballe-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dballe-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dballe-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dballe-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
