How To Install task on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install task on Debian 9. task is feature-rich console based todo list manager - transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install task on Debian 9.

What is task

task is:

Taskwarrior is a sophisticated command line todo list and task manager with a lot of features:

This is a transitional dummy package. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install task on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install task Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install task

Install task Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install task using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install task

Install task 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 task using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install task

How To Uninstall task on Debian 9

To uninstall only the task package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove task

Uninstall task And Its Dependencies

To uninstall task and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove task

Remove task Configurations and Data

To remove task configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge task

Remove task configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge task

Dependencies

task have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install task package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.