How To Install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu.
What is libxlsxwriter4
libxlsxwriter4 is:
Libxlsxwriter is a C library that can be used to write text, numbers, formulas and hyperlinks to multiple worksheets in an Excel 2007+ XLSX file.
This package contains the runtime and shared library of xlsxwriter.
There are three methods to install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxlsxwriter4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxlsxwriter4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxlsxwriter4
Install libxlsxwriter4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxlsxwriter4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxlsxwriter4
Install libxlsxwriter4 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxlsxwriter4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxlsxwriter4
How To Uninstall libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxlsxwriter4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxlsxwriter4
Uninstall libxlsxwriter4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxlsxwriter4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxlsxwriter4
Remove libxlsxwriter4 Configurations and Data
To remove libxlsxwriter4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxlsxwriter4
Remove libxlsxwriter4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxlsxwriter4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxlsxwriter4
Dependencies
libxlsxwriter4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.