How To Install xygrib on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xygrib on Ubuntu.

What is xygrib

xygrib is:

This application, written with the Qt toolkit, enables:

• Visualisation of meteo data from files in GRIB Format 1
• Automatic GRIB data download
• Automatic Download from IAC (fleetcode) Data

There are three methods to install xygrib on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xygrib Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xygrib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xygrib

Install xygrib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xygrib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xygrib

Install xygrib 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 xygrib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xygrib

How To Uninstall xygrib on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xygrib

Uninstall xygrib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xygrib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xygrib

Remove xygrib Configurations and Data

To remove xygrib configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xygrib

Remove xygrib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xygrib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xygrib

Dependencies

xygrib have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libopenjp2-7
• libpng16-16
• libproj22
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• xygrib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xygrib package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.