How To Install python-xlwt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlwt on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlwt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
