How To Install python-powerline-taskwarrior on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-powerline-taskwarrior on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-powerline-taskwarrior is Powerline segment for showing Taskwarrior information (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-powerline-taskwarrior on Debian 10.

What is python-powerline-taskwarrior

python-powerline-taskwarrior is:

A Powerline segment for showing information from Taskwarrior task manager.

It will show current context and active task (first of alphabetical order).

This package contains the Python 2 module.

There are three methods to install python-powerline-taskwarrior on Debian 10. 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-powerline-taskwarrior 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-powerline-taskwarrior using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-powerline-taskwarrior

Install python-powerline-taskwarrior Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-powerline-taskwarrior

Install python-powerline-taskwarrior 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-powerline-taskwarrior using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-powerline-taskwarrior

How To Uninstall python-powerline-taskwarrior on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-powerline-taskwarrior package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-powerline-taskwarrior

Uninstall python-powerline-taskwarrior And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-powerline-taskwarrior and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-powerline-taskwarrior

Remove python-powerline-taskwarrior Configurations and Data

To remove python-powerline-taskwarrior configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-powerline-taskwarrior

Remove python-powerline-taskwarrior configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-powerline-taskwarrior

Dependencies

python-powerline-taskwarrior have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-powerline-taskwarrior package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.