How To Install task on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install task on Debian 9.
What is task
task is:
Taskwarrior is a sophisticated command line todo list and task manager with a lot of features:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install task on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install task Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install task using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install task
Install task Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install task using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install task
Install task 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 task using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install task
How To Uninstall task on Debian 9
To uninstall only the task package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove task
Uninstall task And Its Dependencies
To uninstall task and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove task
Remove task Configurations and Data
To remove task configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge task
Remove task configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove task configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge task
Dependencies
task have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install task package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.