How To Install blends-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is blends-tasks
blends-tasks is:
This package installs a choice of a default installation for each Debian Pure Blend when run from the Debian installer. The installation includes the tasks package of the blend, so a subsequent invocation of tasksel enables the choice of individual tasks.
The package is intended to be installed in the base system. Later (un)installation is harmless, but has no effect.
There are three methods to install blends-tasks 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 blends-tasks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blends-tasks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blends-tasks
Install blends-tasks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blends-tasks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blends-tasks
Install blends-tasks 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 blends-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blends-tasks
How To Uninstall blends-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the blends-tasks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blends-tasks
Uninstall blends-tasks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blends-tasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blends-tasks
Remove blends-tasks Configurations and Data
To remove blends-tasks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blends-tasks
Remove blends-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blends-tasks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blends-tasks
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-tasks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
