How To Install python-xlwt on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlwt on Debian 9. python-xlwt is module for writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlwt on Debian 9.

What is python-xlwt

python-xlwt is:

This package provides a pure Python module for writing spreadsheet files readable by Excel 97/2000/XP/2003, OpenOffice.org Calc, and Gnumeric. Excel spreadsheets can be generated on any platform without needing Excel or a COM server.

Xlwt is a fork of the unmaintained pyExcelerator module with several bugfixes and enhancements. For the functionality previously provided by the parse_xls function, see the python-xlrd package.

There are three methods to install python-xlwt on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-xlwt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-xlwt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-xlwt

Install python-xlwt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-xlwt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-xlwt

Install python-xlwt 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 python-xlwt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-xlwt

How To Uninstall python-xlwt on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-xlwt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-xlwt

Uninstall python-xlwt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-xlwt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xlwt

Remove python-xlwt Configurations and Data

To remove python-xlwt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-xlwt

Remove python-xlwt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-xlwt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-xlwt

Dependencies

python-xlwt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlwt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.