How To Install lxtask 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 lxtask on Ubuntu.
What is lxtask
lxtask is:
LXTask is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).
LXTask - lightweight and desktop-independent task manager derived from xfce4-taskmanager with all dependencies on Xfce removed, new features, and some improvement of the user interface. LXTask is based on GTK+ toolkit. It allows monitoring and controlling of running processes.
There are three methods to install lxtask 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 lxtask Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxtask using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxtask
Install lxtask Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxtask using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxtask
Install lxtask 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 lxtask using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxtask
How To Uninstall lxtask on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lxtask package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxtask
Uninstall lxtask And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxtask and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxtask
Remove lxtask Configurations and Data
To remove lxtask configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxtask
Remove lxtask configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxtask configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxtask
Dependencies
lxtask have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxtask package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.