How To Install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34

libxlsxwriter is A C library for creating Excel XLSX files A C library for creating Excel XLSX files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34.

What is `libxlsxwriter`

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. libxlsxwriter 1.0.0 5.fc34 x86_64 160 k libxlsxwriter-1.0.0-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora A C library for creating Excel XLSX files https BSD and Public Domain and MPLv2.0 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libxlsxwriter.

Install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libxlsxwriter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libxlsxwriter

Install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libxlsxwriter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libxlsxwriter

How To Uninstall libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libxlsxwriter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libxlsxwriter

libxlsxwriter Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/8e22a353806fbd0707456fa3eaa2e42397ae48
/usr/lib/libxlsxwriter.so.0
/usr/lib/libxlsxwriter.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter/Changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/libxlsxwriter
/usr/share/licenses/libxlsxwriter/License.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/e369181eb65a15311ee9f49af5a863100a6ef3
/usr/lib64/libxlsxwriter.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxlsxwriter.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter/Changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/libxlsxwriter/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/libxlsxwriter
/usr/share/licenses/libxlsxwriter/License.txt

References

[libxlsxwriter website](https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/ https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxlsxwriter on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.