How To Install taskcoach on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install taskcoach on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is taskcoach
taskcoach is:
Task Coach is a friendly open source todo manager to manage personal tasks and todo lists. It supports composite tasks, i.e. tasks within tasks. In addition, Task Coach allows you to categorize your tasks, track effort against a budget per task, and much more. Task Coach is available for Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, Linux, iPhone and iPad.
Your database may be synchronized across these platforms. If espeak is installed, reminders can be spoken.
There are three methods to install taskcoach on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install taskcoach Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install taskcoach using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install taskcoach
Install taskcoach Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install taskcoach using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install taskcoach
Install taskcoach 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install taskcoach using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install taskcoach
How To Uninstall taskcoach on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the taskcoach package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove taskcoach
Uninstall taskcoach And Its Dependencies
To uninstall taskcoach and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove taskcoach
Remove taskcoach Configurations and Data
To remove taskcoach configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge taskcoach
Remove taskcoach configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove taskcoach configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge taskcoach
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install taskcoach package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.