How To Install ferret-datasets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ferret-datasets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ferret-datasets
ferret-datasets is:
These datasets contain reference climatologies and grids for use with ferret. They include:
- etopo120 relief of the earth’s surface at 120-minute resolution
- etopo60 relief of the earth’s surface at 60-minute resolution
- levitus_climatology subset of the Climatological Atlas of the World Oceans by Sydney Levitus (Note: the updated World Ocean Atlas, 1994, is also available with Ferret)
- coads_climatology 12-month climatology derived from 1946–1989 of the Comprehensive Ocean/Atmosphere Data Set
- monthly_navy_winds monthly-averaged Naval Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center global marine winds (1982–1990)
- esku_heat_budget Esbensen-Kushnir 4×5 degree monthly climatology of the global ocean heat budget (25 variables)
There are three methods to install ferret-datasets 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 ferret-datasets Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ferret-datasets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ferret-datasets
Install ferret-datasets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ferret-datasets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ferret-datasets
Install ferret-datasets 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 ferret-datasets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ferret-datasets
How To Uninstall ferret-datasets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ferret-datasets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ferret-datasets
Uninstall ferret-datasets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ferret-datasets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ferret-datasets
Remove ferret-datasets Configurations and Data
To remove ferret-datasets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ferret-datasets
Remove ferret-datasets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ferret-datasets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ferret-datasets
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ferret-datasets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
