install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install metview

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install metview

MacPorts ports tree · science/metview/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install libmetview-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libmetview-dev · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Meteorological workstation software

Project links

Commands and aliases

metview

history

Project history and usage

Metview is ECMWF's meteorological workstation and batch system. The Metview documentation describes it as a complete working environment for operational and research meteorologists, with data access, processing, visualization, an icon-based graphical interface, and a Python interface for batch processing. The same documentation says it was developed through cooperation between ECMWF and INPE, Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.

Project history

ECMWF presentation material gives the older timeline: Metview was announced at the first EGOWS meeting in Oslo in June 1990, and the first operational 1.0 version arrived in December 1993. By the Metview 4 era it was described as open source under Apache License 2.0, built on ECMWF technologies such as MARS, GRIB_API, Magics, ODB, and Emoslib, and used for retrieving, manipulating, visualizing, and examining meteorological data. The project later added a Python-facing workflow through the metview-python bindings for accessing, examining, manipulating, and visualizing meteorological data.

How it is used

Its package-manager niche is a specialist scientific workstation rather than a small utility. Users work with GRIB, BUFR, NetCDF, ODB, geopoints, CSV, and ASCII meteorological data, either interactively through icons and plots or in automated scripts. It sits in the ECMWF ecosystem with ecCodes, Magics, and MARS, and it appears in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, and MacPorts for meteorology and earth-science users who need local processing and visualization tools.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 19 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`metview`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version5.26.2

manager updated2026-06-25

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://metview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://metview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:metview
Version	5.26.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/metview
Homepage	https://metview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Repository	https://git.ecmwf.int/users/dabh/repos/metview/browse
Upstream docs	https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://confluence.ecmwf.int/download/attachments/3964985/Metview-5.26.2-Source.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-25T13:37:54+02:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	cairo, eccodes, eigen, fftw, gcc, gdbm, gettext, glib, harfbuzz, libaec, lz4, magics, netcdf, netcdf-cxx, pango, qt5compat, qtbase, qtsvg, snappy
Build dependencies	cmake, pkgconf
Uses from macOS	bzip2, curl
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	metview
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

libmetview-dev 5.23.1-1+b1

Development files for MetView

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install libmetview-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: metview
5 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmetview-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libmetview0d 5.23.1-1+b1

Shared libraries for MetView

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install libmetview0d

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: metview
14 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libmetview0d from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

metview 5.23.1-1+b1

Interactive data visualization and analysis environment,

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install metview

Section: science
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: metview
27 dependencies
3 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: metview from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

metview-data 5.23.1-1

Data needed for the Metview data analysis environment

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install metview-data

Section: science
Architecture: all
Source Package: metview
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: metview-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%

libmetview-dev 5.21.2-1build3

Development files for MetView

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install libmetview-dev

Section: universe/libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: metview
5 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmetview-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libmetview0d 5.21.2-1build3

Shared libraries for MetView

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install libmetview0d

Section: universe/libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: metview
14 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmetview0d from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

metview 5.21.2-1build3

Interactive data visualization and analysis environment,

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install metview

Section: universe/science
Architecture: amd64
27 dependencies
3 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: metview from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

metview-data 5.21.2-1build3

Data needed for the Metview data analysis environment

https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/METV/Metview

sudo apt install metview-data

Section: universe/science
Architecture: all
Source Package: metview
normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: metview-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

MacPorts95%

metview

sudo port install metview

normalized package name match
Matched by: Metview

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/metview/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/metview.yml

Used sources

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Install metview with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

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