How To Install libspread-sheet-widget on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspread-sheet-widget on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 libspread-sheet-widget using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspread-sheet-widget
How To Uninstall libspread-sheet-widget on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, 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 Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspread-sheet-widget package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.