How To Install hdfview on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdfview on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hdfview
hdfview is:
HDF is a versatile data model that can represent very complex data objects and a wide variety of metadata. It is a completely portable file format with no limit on the number or size of data objects in the collection.
This package provides a HDF4/HDF5 viewer.
There are three methods to install hdfview on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hdfview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hdfview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hdfview
Install hdfview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hdfview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hdfview
Install hdfview 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 hdfview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hdfview
How To Uninstall hdfview on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hdfview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hdfview
Uninstall hdfview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hdfview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdfview
Remove hdfview Configurations and Data
To remove hdfview configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hdfview
Remove hdfview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hdfview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdfview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hdfview package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
