How To Install taskwarrior on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install taskwarrior on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is taskwarrior
taskwarrior is:
Taskwarrior is a sophisticated command line todo list and task manager with a lot of features:
- colorful tabbed output
- feature rich search function
- tags
- statistics
- Getting Things Done compatible
- interactive editing of items in text editor
There are three methods to install taskwarrior 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 taskwarrior Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install taskwarrior using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install taskwarrior
Install taskwarrior Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install taskwarrior using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install taskwarrior
Install taskwarrior 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 taskwarrior using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install taskwarrior
How To Uninstall taskwarrior on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the taskwarrior package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove taskwarrior
Uninstall taskwarrior And Its Dependencies
To uninstall taskwarrior and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove taskwarrior
Remove taskwarrior Configurations and Data
To remove taskwarrior configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge taskwarrior
Remove taskwarrior configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove taskwarrior configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge taskwarrior
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install taskwarrior package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
