How To Install debichem-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04. debichem-tasks is DebiChem tasks for tasksel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is debichem-tasks

debichem-tasks is:

This package provides DebiChem tasks in tasksel.

These tasks are described in detail at http://blends.alioth.debian.org/debichem/tasks/

There are three methods to install debichem-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 debichem-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 debichem-tasks using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install debichem-tasks

Install debichem-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debichem-tasks

Install debichem-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 debichem-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debichem-tasks

How To Uninstall debichem-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the debichem-tasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debichem-tasks

Uninstall debichem-tasks And Its Dependencies

To uninstall debichem-tasks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debichem-tasks

Remove debichem-tasks Configurations and Data

To remove debichem-tasks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge debichem-tasks

Remove debichem-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debichem-tasks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debichem-tasks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.