How To Install tasksel-data on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksel-data on Debian 9.
What is tasksel-data
tasksel-data is:
This package contains data about the standard tasks available on a Debian system.
There are three methods to install tasksel-data 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 tasksel-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tasksel-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tasksel-data
Install tasksel-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tasksel-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tasksel-data
Install tasksel-data 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 tasksel-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tasksel-data
How To Uninstall tasksel-data on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tasksel-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tasksel-data
Uninstall tasksel-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tasksel-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tasksel-data
Remove tasksel-data Configurations and Data
To remove tasksel-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tasksel-data
Remove tasksel-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tasksel-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tasksel-data
Dependencies
tasksel-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksel-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.