grads software package provides Grid Analysis and Display System for earth science data, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install grads
grads is installed in your system.
Make ensure the grads package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grads *
You will get with grads package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Science |
| Package | grads |
| Version | 2.0.a9-4 |
| Description | Grid Analysis and Display System for earth science data |
| Sub Section | Science |