How To Install python-xlrd-docs on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlrd-docs on Ubuntu 20.04. python-xlrd-docs is extract data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheet files (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlrd-docs on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python-xlrd-docs

python-xlrd-docs 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 the documentation.

There are three methods to install python-xlrd-docs on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-xlrd-docs 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-xlrd-docs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-xlrd-docs

Install python-xlrd-docs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-xlrd-docs

Install python-xlrd-docs 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-xlrd-docs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-xlrd-docs

How To Uninstall python-xlrd-docs on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-xlrd-docs

Uninstall python-xlrd-docs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-xlrd-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xlrd-docs

Remove python-xlrd-docs Configurations and Data

To remove python-xlrd-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-xlrd-docs

Remove python-xlrd-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-xlrd-docs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xlrd-docs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.