How To Install kanboard-cli on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kanboard-cli on Ubuntu.

What is `kanboard-cli`

kanboard-cli is:

Kanboard (https://kanboard.net/) is project management software that focuses on the Kanban methodology. It has the following features:

Visualize your work
Limit your work in progress to be more efficient
Customize your boards according to your business activities
Multiple projects with the ability to drag and drop tasks
Reports and analytics
Fast and simple to use
Access from anywhere with a modern browser
Plugins and integrations with external services
Free, open source and self-hosted
Super simple installation

kanboard-cli is a command line client for kanboard application.

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

Install kanboard-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kanboard-cli

Install kanboard-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kanboard-cli

Install kanboard-cli 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 kanboard-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kanboard-cli

How To Uninstall kanboard-cli on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the kanboard-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kanboard-cli

Uninstall kanboard-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kanboard-cli

Remove kanboard-cli Configurations and Data

To remove kanboard-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kanboard-cli

Remove kanboard-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kanboard-cli

Dependencies

kanboard-cli have the following dependencies:

References

kanboard-cli website

Summary

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