How to install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl package on Ubuntu 16.10.


 

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Quick installation of libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

Package Details

Package:libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl
Version:0.95-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://jmcnamara.github.com/excel-writer-xlsx/
Description:module to create Excel spreadsheets in xlsx format The Excel::Writer::XLSX module is used to create an Excel file in the 2007+ XLSX format. The XLSX format is the Office Open XML (OOXML) format used by Excel 2007 and later. . This module cannot, as yet, write to an existing Excel XLSX file. The module uses the same interface as the Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module (which creates binary XLS Excel files).
Distro:Ubuntu 16.10
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/perl

How to install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl on Ubuntu 16.10?

How to install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.10 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl
dpkg-query: package 'libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl:

After system update use the following command to install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl:

sudo apt-get install libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.10 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl from Ubuntu 16.10?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl from Ubuntu 16.10. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

Following command is used to remove the libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

This will remove libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with libexcel-writer-xlsx-perl package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.