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.IX Title "TASKSEL 8"
.TH TASKSEL 8 2024-02-16 3.75 "Debian specific manpage"
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.SH NAME
tasksel \- a user interface for installing tasks
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
tasksel install <task>
.PP
tasksel remove <task>
.PP
tasksel [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
tasksel shows all available tasks and allows selecting ones to install
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR" 4
.IX Item "-t, --test"
test mode; don't actually install or remove packages
.IP \fB\-\-new\-install\fR 4
.IX Item "--new-install"
automatically select some tasks without even displaying them to the user;
default other tasks to on; used during new Debian installs.
.IP \fB\-\-list\-tasks\fR 4
.IX Item "--list-tasks"
list on stdout the tasks that would be displayed in the tasksel interface
.IP "\fB\-\-task\-packages\fR task" 4
.IX Item "--task-packages task"
lists on stdout the packages that are available and part of the given task
.Sp
Note that this option may be given more than once.
.IP "\fB\-\-task\-desc\fR task" 4
.IX Item "--task-desc task"
outputs the extended description of the given task
.IP "\fB\-\-debconf\-apt\-progress\fR options" 4
.IX Item "--debconf-apt-progress options"
Pass the specified options to the debconf-apt-progress command that tasksel
runs.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBdpkg\fR\|(8), \fBapt\-get\fR\|(8)
.SH FILES
.IX Header "FILES"
\&\fI/usr/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc\fR and
\&\fI/usr/local/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc\fR are used to define tasks.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
tasksel was written by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
and Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
This document first appeared with tasksel\-1.0