How To Install kanboard-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanboard-cli on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is kanboard-cli
kanboard-cli is:
Kanboard (https://kanboard.net/) is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. It has the following features:
- Visualize your work
- Limit your work in progress to be more efficient
- Customize your boards according to your business activities
- Multiple projects with the ability to drag and drop tasks
- Reports and analytics
- Fast and simple to use
- Access from anywhere with a modern browser
- Plugins and integrations with external services
- Free, open source and self-hosted
- Super simple installation
kanboard-cli is a command line client for kanboard application.
There are three methods to install kanboard-cli on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kanboard-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kanboard-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kanboard-cli
Install kanboard-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kanboard-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kanboard-cli
Install kanboard-cli 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kanboard-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kanboard-cli
How To Uninstall kanboard-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the kanboard-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kanboard-cli
Uninstall kanboard-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kanboard-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kanboard-cli
Remove kanboard-cli Configurations and Data
To remove kanboard-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kanboard-cli
Remove kanboard-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kanboard-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kanboard-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanboard-cli package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.