How To Install tasksh on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksh on Debian 11. tasksh is shell command that wraps Taskwarrior commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksh on Debian 11.

What is tasksh

tasksh is:

Tasksh is a shell command that wraps Taskwarrior commands. It is intended to provide simpler Taskwarrior access, and add a few new features of its own.

Tasksh replaces the built-in shell command of older releases, and the bundled tasksh program of version 2.3.0.

There are three methods to install tasksh on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tasksh Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tasksh

Install tasksh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tasksh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tasksh

Install tasksh 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 tasksh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tasksh

How To Uninstall tasksh on Debian 11

To uninstall only the tasksh package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tasksh

Uninstall tasksh And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tasksh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tasksh

Remove tasksh Configurations and Data

To remove tasksh configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tasksh

Remove tasksh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tasksh

Dependencies

tasksh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksh package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.