How To Install science-tasks on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-tasks on Debian 12.
What is science-tasks
science-tasks is:
This package is part of the Debian Pure Blend “Debian Science” and provides additional tasks for tasksel. If this package will be installed all tasks which are provided by Debian Science will be added to the tasksel menu.
There are three methods to install science-tasks on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install science-tasks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-tasks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-tasks
Install science-tasks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-tasks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-tasks
Install science-tasks 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 science-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-tasks
How To Uninstall science-tasks on Debian 12
To uninstall only the science-tasks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-tasks
Uninstall science-tasks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-tasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-tasks
Remove science-tasks Configurations and Data
To remove science-tasks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-tasks
Remove science-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-tasks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-tasks
Dependencies
science-tasks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-tasks package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
