How To Install libspread-sheet-widget on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspread-sheet-widget on Kali Linux. libspread-sheet-widget is shared library for GTK+ to view and manipulate two dimensional tabular data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspread-sheet-widget on Kali Linux.

What is libspread-sheet-widget

libspread-sheet-widget is:

GNU Spread Sheet Widget is a library for Gtk+ which provides a widget for viewing and manipulating 2 dimensional tabular data in a manner similar to many popular spread sheet programs.

The design follows the model-view-controller paradigm and is of complexity O(1) in both time and space. This means that it is efficient and fast even for very large data.

Features commonly found in graphical user interfaces such as cut and paste, drag and drop and row/column labelling are also included.

There are three methods to install libspread-sheet-widget on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libspread-sheet-widget Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspread-sheet-widget using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspread-sheet-widget

Install libspread-sheet-widget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspread-sheet-widget using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspread-sheet-widget

Install libspread-sheet-widget Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libspread-sheet-widget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspread-sheet-widget

How To Uninstall libspread-sheet-widget on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libspread-sheet-widget package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspread-sheet-widget

Uninstall libspread-sheet-widget And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspread-sheet-widget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspread-sheet-widget

Remove libspread-sheet-widget Configurations and Data

To remove libspread-sheet-widget configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspread-sheet-widget

Remove libspread-sheet-widget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspread-sheet-widget configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspread-sheet-widget

Dependencies

libspread-sheet-widget have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspread-sheet-widget package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.