How To Install taskd on Fedora 34

taskd is Secure server providing multi-user, multi-client access to task data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install taskd on Fedora 34.

What is taskd

The Taskserver is a lightweight, secure server providing multi-user, multi-client access to task data. This allows true syncing between desktop and mobile clients. Users want task list access from multiple devices running software of differing sophistication levels to synchronize data seamlessly. Synchronization requires the ability to exchange transactions between devices that may not have continuous connectivity, and may not have feature parity. The Taskserver provides this and builds a framework to go several steps beyond merely synchronizing data.

We can use yum or dnf to install taskd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install taskd.

Install taskd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install taskd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install taskd

Install taskd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install taskd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install taskd

How To Uninstall taskd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove taskd

taskd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pki/taskd
/etc/pki/taskd/README
/etc/pki/taskd/generate
/etc/pki/taskd/generate.ca
/etc/pki/taskd/generate.client
/etc/pki/taskd/generate.crl
/etc/pki/taskd/generate.server
/etc/pki/taskd/vars
/usr/bin/taskd
/usr/bin/taskdctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/43c426e8a6689a5affd5febbcf75b0cca70872
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/taskd.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/taskd.service
/usr/share/doc/taskd
/usr/share/doc/taskd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/taskd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/taskd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/taskd/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/taskd/README
/usr/share/doc/taskd/README.Fedora
/usr/share/man/man1/taskd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/taskdctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/taskdrc.5.gz
/var/lib/taskd
/var/lib/taskd/config
/var/lib/taskd/orgs
/var/log/taskd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install taskd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.