macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install ncviewlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install ncviewMacPorts ports tree · science/ncview/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
ncview mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ncview in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install ncviewDebian stable package indexes · ncview · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install ncviewFedora Rawhide package metadata · ncview · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ncviewnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/nc/ncview/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Visual browser for netCDF format files
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- ncview
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
ncview is David W. Pierce's X11 visual browser for netCDF files, aimed at quick inspection rather than full analysis. The official page describes it as a way to get a push-button look at netCDF data, animate time slices, browse dimensions, inspect values, and change colormaps.
Projektgeschichte
The distributed README for ncview 1.75 is dated March 20, 1999 and states copyright from 1993 through 1999, so the project belongs to the early scientific Unix/X11 era around netCDF. The README explicitly frames ncview as a lightweight viewer for movies and simple plots, not as a replacement for commercial analysis packages.
The project remained tied to the netCDF ecosystem: its build instructions require the netCDF library and optionally UDUNITS, and the official page says version 2.1.11 was updated on November 26, 2024.
Adoptionsgeschichte
ncview has persisted because climate, ocean, atmospheric, and HPC users still need a fast graphical sanity check for array-oriented scientific files. Debian packages it under science, and Homebrew lists binary bottle support for macOS and Linux.
On July 1, 2026, Homebrew Formulae listed ncview 2.1.11 with 670 installs in its 365-day analytics window, which is modest but real usage for an X11 scientific utility.
Wie es verwendet wird
Package nerd usage is simple: install netCDF/X11 dependencies, run `ncview file.nc`, then scrub through dimensions or time steps to see whether a model or instrument output looks sane before doing heavier analysis in Python, NCO, CDO, Panoply, MATLAB, or domain-specific tooling.
The official page's notes on missing values, units, long_name, title, add_offset, scale_factor, dimensional variables, and UDUNITS support explain why ncview works best on netCDF files that follow common metadata conventions.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
ncview is a classic small scientific Unix tool: old UI stack, narrow purpose, durable because the file format and workflow survived. It is especially useful in package indexes because its dependencies signal the netCDF plus X11 visualization niche.
Zeitleiste
- {'date': '1993', 'event': 'Earliest copyright year listed in the ncview 1.75 README.'}
- {'date': '1999-03-20', 'event': 'ncview 1.75 README date.'}
- {'date': '2024-11-26', 'event': 'Official page says ncview 2.1.11 was updated.'}
- {'date': '2026-07-01', 'event': 'Homebrew Formulae listed stable 2.1.11 and 670 installs in the 365-day analytics window.'}
Related projects
- netCDF
- UDUNITS
- X11 Athena Widget Set
- Panoply
- NCO
- CDO
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 8 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
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Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
ncview | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version2.1.11
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/none Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:ncview |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.1.11 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ncview |
| Homepage | https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/ |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview |
| Lizenz | GPL-3.0-only |
| Quellarchiv | https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview/ncview-2.1.11.tar.gz |
| Abhängigkeiten | libice, libpng, libsm, libx11, libxaw, libxt, netcdf, udunits |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | ncview |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
ncview 2.1.11+ds-1+b1
X11 visual browser for NetCDF format files
https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/
sudo apt install ncview- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ncview
- 7 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ncview
Nix95%
ncview
nix profile install nixpkgs#ncview- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ncview
Ubuntu apt95%
ncview 2.1.8+ds-5build3
X11 visual browser for NetCDF format files
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html
sudo apt install ncview- Section: universe/science
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ncview
dnf95%
ncview 2.1.11-4.fc45
A visual browser for netCDF format files
https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/
sudo dnf install ncview- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: ncview
- 12 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ncview
MacPorts95%
ncview
sudo port install ncview- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ncview
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment