# tasksel - a user interface for installing tasks - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       tasksel - a user interface for installing tasks

## SYNOPSIS
       tasksel install <task>

       tasksel remove <task>

       tasksel [options]

## DESCRIPTION
       tasksel shows all available tasks and allows selecting ones to install

## OPTIONS
### -t --test
           test mode; don't actually install or remove packages

### --new-install
           automatically  select  some tasks without even displaying them to the user; default other
           tasks to on; used during new Debian installs.

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

       **--task-packages **task
           lists on stdout the packages that are available and part of the given task

           Note that this option may be given more than once.

       **--task-desc **task
           outputs the extended description of the given task

       **--debconf-apt-progress **options
           Pass the specified options to the debconf-apt-progress command that tasksel runs.

## SEE ALSO
       [**dpkg**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg/8/markdown), [**apt-get**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt-get/8/markdown)

## FILES
       _/usr/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc_ and _/usr/local/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc_ are used to  define
       tasks.

## AUTHOR
       tasksel was written by Randolph Chung <<tausq@debian.org>> and Joey Hess <<joeyh@debian.org>>

## HISTORY
       This document first appeared with tasksel-1.0

3.75ubuntu1                                  2024-02-29                                   [_TASKSEL_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/TASKSEL/8/markdown)