Information about the package, ncl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ncl package is designed for, NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics.
Package Name:
ncl
Summary:
NCAR Command Language and NCAR Graphics
Description:
The NCAR Command Language (NCL) is a free interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data processing and visualization. NCL has robust file input and output. It can read and write netCDF-3, netCDF-4 classic (as of version 4.3.1), HDF4, binary, and ASCII data, and read HDF-EOS2, GRIB1 and GRIB2 (as of version 4.3.0). The graphics are world class and highly customizable. As of version 5.0.0, NCL and NCAR Graphics are released as one package. The software comes with a couple of useful command line tools: * ncl_filedump - prints the contents of supported files (netCDF, HDF, GRIB1, GRIB2, HDF-EOS2, and CCM History Tape) * ncl_convert2nc - converts one or more GRIB1, GRIB2, HDF and/or HDF-EOS files to netCDF formatted files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.0.0
Release:
3.el6
Size:
11 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the ncl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ncl
This command will install ncl on the server.
yum remove ncl
This command will un-install ncl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ncl
This command will un-install ncl on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ncl when using the -y flag.
yum update ncl
This command will update ncl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ncl
This command will update ncl to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ncl when using the -y flag.
yum info ncl
This command will show you core information about the ncl package.
yum deplist ncl
This command will show you the dependencies for ncl. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ncl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ncl. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.