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Install metview with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Meteorological workstation software. Version 5.26.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libmetview-dev.

Install commandSecurity notes

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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 metview

Debian stable package indexes · metview · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Meteorological workstation software

Commands and aliases

  • metview

history

Project history and usage

Metview is ECMWF's meteorological workstation for operational and research work. It combines data access, processing, and visualisation with an icon-based interface for interactive use and Python for batch processing.

Project history

ECMWF and Brazil's INPE/CPTEC developed Metview as a cooperative project, with assistance from Météo-France. Development began in 1991, the first internal ECMWF release arrived in December 1993, and Member States received it in October 1995.

The workstation evolved with OpenGL graphics in Metview 2.0, a new user interface in Metview 3.0, and a substantially revised Metview 4. Later releases incorporated ecCodes and developed the Python interface alongside the original Macro language.

Adoption history

An ECMWF newsletter reported that by 1999 Metview was used in most ECMWF Member States as well as Brazil and Australia, including operational deployments on several Unix workstation families and Linux. Its current release notes continue to distinguish external releases from versions installed on ECMWF desktop and HPC systems.

How it is used

Users retrieve or open GRIB, BUFR, MARS, ODB, NetCDF, ASCII, CSV, and geopoints data, then filter, process, inspect, and plot it interactively or from Python and Macro scripts.

Why package nerds care

Metview is notable in package collections because it is a full scientific workstation rather than a single-purpose command. Packaging it brings together a long-lived meteorological application and ECMWF libraries such as ecCodes and Magics for reproducible local weather-data workflows.

Timeline

  • 1991: Cooperative Metview development began.
  • 1993: The first release became available to internal ECMWF users.
  • 1995: Metview was released to ECMWF Member States.
  • 2010: ECMWF presented Metview 4 as its next-generation meteorological workstation.
  • 2018: Metview 5.2 was externally released with the Python interface in active use.

Related projects

  • ECMWF's MARS provides meteorological archive access, ecCodes handles GRIB and BUFR data, and Magics supplies meteorological plotting capabilities used in the same software ecosystem.

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 bottle metadata was recorded.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
metviewexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03
manager version5.26.2
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:metview
Version5.26.2
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://metview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Last updated2026-06-25T13:37:54+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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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

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