How to install Gnome Weather on Ubuntu

Since it’s well-designed and integrated with Ubuntu Gnome Desktop, the Gnome Weather app should always be your first choice. The prediction is integrated into the Clock (date & time) menu and is displayed in a desktop window. Sadly, a glitch in Ubuntu 20.04 prevents the forecast from working. Version 40 shows the actual temperature, how it feels, and a cloudy/sunny/rainy indicator for the current weather. Furthermore, it displays hourly and daily forecasts (2 weeks). As its name suggests, it obtains weather information from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Gnome-weather can be installed on Ubuntu in the 3 different ways. In this article, we will be discussed each of the installation methods in detail.

Installation of Gnome Weather on Ubuntu

• Installing Gnome Weather using aptitude
• Installing Gnome Weather apt
• Installing Gnome Weather apt-get

Let’s go through all the installation methods.

Method 1: Installing Gnome Weather using aptitude

Step 1: Since aptitude is not typically installed by default on Ubuntu, you might need to install it first if you wish to utilize this method. To update the apt database with aptitude, run the following command.

sudo aptitude update

Step 2: The following command will use aptitude to install Gnome Weather after upgrading the apt database:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-weather

Method 2: Installing Gnome Weather apt

Step 1: Update the apt database with the following command using apt.

sudo apt update

Step 2: The following command can be used to install Gnome Weather using apt-get after upgrading the apt database:

sudo apt -y install gome-weather

Method 3: Installing Gnome Weather apt-get

Step 1: Because the Gnome Weather package is included in Ubuntu’s default repository, we will use the following command to update all of Ubuntu’s accessible packages:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: We will install Gnome Weather on Ubuntu using the apt package manager:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-weather

Step 3: Simply type the following command into the terminal  to start the Gnome Weather:

gnome-weather