How To Install libdbd-excel-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libdbd-excel-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libdbd-excel-perl is provides an SQL interface (via DBI) for accessing Excel files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-excel-perl on Debian 10.

What is libdbd-excel-perl

libdbd-excel-perl is:

The DBD::Excel module is a DBI driver which permits access to Excel files (in the 95, 97 and 2000 flavours) via SQL commands through the Perl DBI.

As of 0.06, this module is still in an ALPHA VERSION according to its author.

There are three methods to install libdbd-excel-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdbd-excel-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-excel-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdbd-excel-perl

Install libdbd-excel-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-excel-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdbd-excel-perl

Install libdbd-excel-perl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libdbd-excel-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdbd-excel-perl

How To Uninstall libdbd-excel-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libdbd-excel-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdbd-excel-perl

Uninstall libdbd-excel-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdbd-excel-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdbd-excel-perl

Remove libdbd-excel-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libdbd-excel-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdbd-excel-perl

Remove libdbd-excel-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdbd-excel-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdbd-excel-perl

Dependencies

libdbd-excel-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbd-excel-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.