How To Install live-task-gnome on Debian 10

Learn how to install live-task-gnome on Debian 10 with this tutorial. live-task-gnome is Live environment support for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-task-gnome on Debian 10.

What is live-task-gnome

live-task-gnome is:

This metapackage installs packages and documentation to support the Debian live GNOME environment.

There are three methods to install live-task-gnome 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 live-task-gnome Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install live-task-gnome

Install live-task-gnome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install live-task-gnome

Install live-task-gnome 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 live-task-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install live-task-gnome

How To Uninstall live-task-gnome on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove live-task-gnome

Uninstall live-task-gnome And Its Dependencies

To uninstall live-task-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-task-gnome

Remove live-task-gnome Configurations and Data

To remove live-task-gnome configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge live-task-gnome

Remove live-task-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-task-gnome

Dependencies

live-task-gnome have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-task-gnome package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.