How To Install python3-pyexcel-xls on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyexcel-xls on Kali Linux. python3-pyexcel-xls is Wrapper library to manipulate data in xls using xlrd and xlwt (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyexcel-xls on Kali Linux.

What is python3-pyexcel-xls

python3-pyexcel-xls is:

This package contains a tiny wrapper library to read, manipulate and write data in xls format and it can read xlsx and xlsm fromat. You are likely to use it with pyexcel.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-pyexcel-xls 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 python3-pyexcel-xls Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyexcel-xls using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyexcel-xls

Install python3-pyexcel-xls Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyexcel-xls using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-pyexcel-xls

Install python3-pyexcel-xls 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 python3-pyexcel-xls using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyexcel-xls

How To Uninstall python3-pyexcel-xls on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-pyexcel-xls package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-pyexcel-xls

Uninstall python3-pyexcel-xls And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-pyexcel-xls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyexcel-xls

Remove python3-pyexcel-xls Configurations and Data

To remove python3-pyexcel-xls configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyexcel-xls

Remove python3-pyexcel-xls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-pyexcel-xls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyexcel-xls

Dependencies

python3-pyexcel-xls have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyexcel-xls package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.