How To Install devtodo on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install devtodo on Debian 10.
What is devtodo
devtodo is:
Manipulate and display a hierarchical (ie “subtasks”) and prioritised list of things with a coloured command line interface.
Using devtodos output formatting features, it is possible to convert the todo list into almost any text format.
Devtodo comes with XSLT stylesheets to convert XML .todo files to HTML and PDF, have a look at /usr/share/devtodo/.
There are three methods to install devtodo 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 devtodo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install devtodo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install devtodo
Install devtodo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install devtodo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install devtodo
Install devtodo 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 devtodo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install devtodo
How To Uninstall devtodo on Debian 10
To uninstall only the devtodo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove devtodo
Uninstall devtodo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall devtodo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove devtodo
Remove devtodo Configurations and Data
To remove devtodo configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge devtodo
Remove devtodo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove devtodo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devtodo
Dependencies
devtodo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install devtodo package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.