How To Install python-taskw on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-taskw on Debian 10.
What is python-taskw
python-taskw is:
This is a Python API for the ’taskwarrior’ command line tool. It uses the ’task export’ and ’task import’ commands to manipulate the task database.
Using these bindings it is possible to: look at tasks, add new tasks, update tasks, delete tasks, mark tasks as completed and read the taskwarrior config.
This package contains taskw for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-taskw 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-taskw 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-taskw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-taskw
Install python-taskw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-taskw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-taskw
Install python-taskw 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-taskw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-taskw
How To Uninstall python-taskw on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-taskw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-taskw
Uninstall python-taskw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-taskw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-taskw
Remove python-taskw Configurations and Data
To remove python-taskw configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-taskw
Remove python-taskw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-taskw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-taskw
Dependencies
python-taskw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-taskw package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
