How To Install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu 22.04. libxlsxwriter4 is Library for XLSX – runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter4 on Ubuntu 22.04.

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 22.04. 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 22.04

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 22.04, 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 22.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter4 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.