How To Install pan-tasks on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pan-tasks on Ubuntu 22.04. pan-tasks is PAN Blends tasks for tasksel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pan-tasks on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is pan-tasks

pan-tasks is:

This package is part of the Debian Pure Blend “PAN” and provides additional tasks for tasksel. If this package will be installed all tasks which are provided by PAN Blend will be added to the tasksel menu.

There are three methods to install pan-tasks on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pan-tasks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pan-tasks using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pan-tasks

Install pan-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pan-tasks

Install pan-tasks 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 pan-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pan-tasks

How To Uninstall pan-tasks on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the pan-tasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pan-tasks

Uninstall pan-tasks And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pan-tasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pan-tasks

Remove pan-tasks Configurations and Data

To remove pan-tasks configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pan-tasks

Remove pan-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pan-tasks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pan-tasks package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.