Linux "tasksel" Command Line Options and Examples

a user interface for installing tasks

tasksel shows all available tasks and allows to user to select ones to install.

Usage:

tasksel install


    tasksel remove

tasksel [options]

Related Commands

dpkg
apt-get

Command Line Options:

-t

test mode; don't actually install or remove packages


                            tasksel -t ...

--new-install

automatically select some tasks without even displaying them to the user; default other tasks to on; usedduring new Debian installs.


                            tasksel --new-install ...

--list-tasks

list on stdout the tasks that would be displayed in the tasksel interface


                            tasksel --list-tasks ...

--task-packages

lists on stdout the packages that are available and part of the given taskNote that this option may be given more than once.


                            tasksel --task-packages ...

--task-desc

outputs the extended description of the given task


                            tasksel --task-desc ...

--debconf-apt-from

Start the debconf-apt-progress bar here.


                            tasksel --debconf-apt-from ...

--debconf-apt-to

End the debconf-apt-progress bar here.


                            tasksel --debconf-apt-to ...

--debconf-apt-progress

Pass the specified options to the debconf-apt-progress command that tasksel runs. These will be appendedto any --from and --to options constructed by tasksel itself based on --debconf-apt-from and


                            tasksel --debconf-apt-progress ...