How To Install tasksh 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 tasksh on Ubuntu.
What is tasksh
tasksh is:
Tasksh is a shell command that wraps Taskwarrior commands. It is intended to provide simpler Taskwarrior access, and add a few new features of its own.
Tasksh replaces the built-in shell command of older releases, and the bundled tasksh program of version 2.3.0.
There are three methods to install tasksh 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 tasksh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tasksh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tasksh
Install tasksh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tasksh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tasksh
Install tasksh 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 tasksh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tasksh
How To Uninstall tasksh on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tasksh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tasksh
Uninstall tasksh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tasksh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tasksh
Remove tasksh Configurations and Data
To remove tasksh configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tasksh
Remove tasksh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tasksh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tasksh
Dependencies
tasksh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksh package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.