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            "text": "# tasksel(8) (man)\n\n**Summary:** tasksel - a user interface for installing tasks\n\n**Synopsis:** tasksel install <task>\ntasksel remove <task>\ntasksel [options]\n\n## Flags\n\n| Flag | Long | Arg | Description |\n|------|------|-----|-------------|\n| -t | --test | — | test mode; don't actually install or remove packages |\n| — | --new-install | — | automatically select some tasks without even displaying them to the user; default other tasks to on; used during new Deb |\n| — | --list-tasks | — | list on stdout the tasks that would be displayed in the tasksel interface --task-packages task lists on stdout the packa |\n\n## See Also\n\n- dpkg(8)\n- apt-get(8)\n\n## Section Outline\n\n- **NAME** (2 lines)\n- **SYNOPSIS** (6 lines)\n- **DESCRIPTION** (2 lines)\n- **OPTIONS** (1 lines) — 3 subsections\n  - -t --test (2 lines)\n  - --new-install (3 lines)\n  - --list-tasks (13 lines)\n- **SEE ALSO** (2 lines)\n- **FILES** (3 lines)\n- **AUTHOR** (2 lines)\n- **HISTORY** (5 lines)\n\n## Full Content\n\n### NAME\n\ntasksel - a user interface for installing tasks\n\n### SYNOPSIS\n\ntasksel install <task>\n\ntasksel remove <task>\n\ntasksel [options]\n\n### DESCRIPTION\n\ntasksel shows all available tasks and allows selecting ones to install\n\n### OPTIONS\n\n#### -t --test\n\ntest mode; don't actually install or remove packages\n\n#### --new-install\n\nautomatically select some tasks without even displaying them to the user; default other\ntasks to on; used during new Debian installs.\n\n#### --list-tasks\n\nlist on stdout the tasks that would be displayed in the tasksel interface\n\n--task-packages task\nlists on stdout the packages that are available and part of the given task\n\nNote that this option may be given more than once.\n\n--task-desc task\noutputs the extended description of the given task\n\n--debconf-apt-progress options\nPass the specified options to the debconf-apt-progress command that tasksel runs.\n\n### SEE ALSO\n\ndpkg(8), apt-get(8)\n\n### FILES\n\n/usr/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc and /usr/local/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc are used to define\ntasks.\n\n### AUTHOR\n\ntasksel was written by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> and Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>\n\n### HISTORY\n\nThis document first appeared with tasksel-1.0\n\n\n\n3.68ubuntu2                                  2021-12-06                                   TASKSEL(8)\n\n"
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