How To Install odot on Debian 10

Learn how to install odot on Debian 10 with this tutorial. odot is task list manager written in Gtk2-Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install odot on Debian 10.

What is odot

odot is:

Odot is a task list manager that organizes tasks hierarchically and emphasizes due ones. It has advanced keyboard support and can also be used as an outliner. Any action is undoable.

There are three methods to install odot 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 odot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install odot

Install odot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install odot

Install odot 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 odot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install odot

How To Uninstall odot on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove odot

Uninstall odot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove odot

Remove odot Configurations and Data

To remove odot configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge odot

Remove odot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge odot

Dependencies

odot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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