Information about the package, grib_api, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The grib_api package is designed for, WMO FM-92 GRIB (v1,v2) interface accessible from C and FORTRAN.
Package Name:
grib_api
Summary:
WMO FM-92 GRIB (v1,v2) interface accessible from C and FORTRAN
Description:
The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C and FORTRAN programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92 GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages. A useful set of command line tools is also provided to give quick access to grib messages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.12.3
Release:
5.el6
Size:
1.6 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the grib_api package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install grib_api
This command will install grib_api on the server.
yum remove grib_api
This command will un-install grib_api on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grib_api, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove grib_api
This command will un-install grib_api 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 grib_api when using the -y flag.
yum update grib_api
This command will update grib_api to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grib_api, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update grib_api
This command will update grib_api 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 grib_api when using the -y flag.
yum info grib_api
This command will show you core information about the grib_api package.
yum deplist grib_api
This command will show you the dependencies for grib_api. 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 grib_api
This command will check if there is an update waiting on grib_api. 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.