How To Install python3-taskw on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-taskw on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-taskw is Python bindings for your taskwarrior database (Python 3 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-taskw on Debian 10.

What is python3-taskw

python3-taskw is:

This is a Python API for the ’taskwarrior’ command line tool. It uses the ’task export’ and ’task import’ commands to manipulate the task database.

Using these bindings it is possible to: look at tasks, add new tasks, update tasks, delete tasks, mark tasks as completed and read the taskwarrior config.

This package contains taskw for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-taskw 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 python3-taskw Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-taskw using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-taskw

Install python3-taskw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-taskw using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-taskw

Install python3-taskw 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 python3-taskw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-taskw

How To Uninstall python3-taskw on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-taskw package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-taskw

Uninstall python3-taskw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-taskw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-taskw

Remove python3-taskw Configurations and Data

To remove python3-taskw configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-taskw

Remove python3-taskw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-taskw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-taskw

Dependencies

python3-taskw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-taskw package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.