MHBalsmeier

How to Install Eccodes on Ubuntu

Eccodes is an open source library made by ECMWF for reading and writing grib files, which is the most common file format for meteorological und oceanographic data in operational use (while in research, Netcdf is mainly used). If one wants to work with grib files seriously, one will have to install it earlier or later. On top of that, one will also have to make sure C and Python code is able to import the library's functionality.

First of all, I would highly recommend not to use anything else than Linux, preferably Ubuntu, for working with meteorological data, especially grib files. If you do not want to migrate to Linux completely, consider either a dual boot or a virtual machine.

I just show you the commands with minimal explanation.

Installing an older version with apt

wxguy

#!/bin/bash

# License for this script is GNU 2

# A small bash script to download, compile and install latest wgrib2 from source. 
# I have written this script so that I can automate the proceedure whenever I change Linux OS 

# Make it executable before running the script using'chmod +x ./wgrib2_auto_compile_script.sh'
# Ensure to run the script with sudo (sudo ./wgrib2_auto_compile_script.sh) or under root environment

jdesive

Mount Synology NFS share to Ubuntu 16.04

I have all hardware virtualized in ESXi 6.5...
Synology DSM 5.2-5644
Ubuntu 16.04

Start

On your fresh install on Ubuntu 16.04:

1. Click the Connections icon on the top bar
2. Goto Edit Connections

bruceh48

#!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get install -y build-essential libaec-dev zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libboost-dev curl wget zip unzip bzip2 gfortran gcc g++
rm -rf /usr/local/grib2/
mkdir -p /usr/local/grib2/
cd /code/
if [ ! -f "/tmp/wgrib2.tgz" ]; then
    wget ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib2/wgrib2.tgz.v2.0.6c -O /tmp/wgrib2.tgz
fi
tar -xf /tmp/wgrib2.tgz