How To Install libspreadsheet-read-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspreadsheet-read-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libspreadsheet-read-perl
libspreadsheet-read-perl is:
Spreadsheet::Read is a Perl module that tries to transparently read arbitrary spreadsheet files and return its content in a universal manner independent of the parsing module that does the actual spreadsheet scanning.
For older OpenOffice and/or LibreOffice files, this module uses Spreadsheet::ReadSXC (packaged as libspreadsheet-readsxc-perl).
For Microsoft Excel, this module uses Spreadsheet::XLSX (for newer files; see the libspreadsheet-xlsx-perl package) or Spreadsheet::ParseExcel (available in libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl)
For Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files, this module uses Text::CSV (either the pure perl version in libtext-csv-perl, or, if available, the XS-accelerated version packaged as libtext-csv-xs-perl).
For SquirrelCalc, there is a very simplistic built-in parser.
There are three methods to install libspreadsheet-read-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libspreadsheet-read-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspreadsheet-read-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspreadsheet-read-perl
Install libspreadsheet-read-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspreadsheet-read-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspreadsheet-read-perl
Install libspreadsheet-read-perl 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 libspreadsheet-read-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspreadsheet-read-perl
How To Uninstall libspreadsheet-read-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libspreadsheet-read-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspreadsheet-read-perl
Uninstall libspreadsheet-read-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspreadsheet-read-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspreadsheet-read-perl
Remove libspreadsheet-read-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libspreadsheet-read-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspreadsheet-read-perl
Remove libspreadsheet-read-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspreadsheet-read-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspreadsheet-read-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspreadsheet-read-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
