How To Install python3-xlrd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-xlrd

python3-xlrd is:

xlrd is a Python library to Extract data from new and old Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. It supports both .xls and .xlsx files (from Excel 2007).

xlrd is a pure Python module and does not require any dependency outside of the standard Python distribution.

This package contains only the Python3 version of xlrd.

There are three methods to install python3-xlrd 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-xlrd 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-xlrd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xlrd

Install python3-xlrd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-xlrd

Install python3-xlrd 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-xlrd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xlrd

How To Uninstall python3-xlrd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-xlrd

Uninstall python3-xlrd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xlrd

Remove python3-xlrd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xlrd

Remove python3-xlrd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-xlrd

Dependencies

python3-xlrd have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-xlrd website

Summary

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