TASKSEL(8)		    Debian specific manpage		    TASKSEL(8)



NAME
       tasksel - a user interface for installing tasks

SYNOPSIS
       tasksel install 

       tasksel remove 

       tasksel [options]

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

OPTIONS
       -t, --test
	   test mode; dont actually install or remove packeges

       --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), apt-get(8)

FILES
       /usr/share/tasksel/*.desc and /usr/local/share/tasksel/*.desc are used
       to define tasks.

AUTHOR
       tasksel was written by Randolph Chung  and Joey Hess
       

HISTORY
       This document first appeared with tasksel-1.0



2.78				  2008-10-17			    TASKSEL(8)