bufr_decode command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bufr_decode command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

bufr_decode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bufr_decode: command not found

Solutions to bufr_decode: command not found

How To Fix bufr_decode: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bufr_decode is provided by libemos-bin package.

libemos-bin is:

The Interpolation library (EMOSLIB) includes Interpolation software and GRIB, BUFR, CREX encoding/decoding routines. It is used by the ECMWF meteorological archival and retrieval system (MARS) and also by the ECMWF graphics package MetView.

This package provide bufr-* and other tools

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libemos-bin

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libemos-bin.

sudo apt -y install libemos-bin

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libemos-bin

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix bufr_decode command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.