Questions tagged [tasksel]
Simple interface for users who want to configure their system to perform a specific task (ie. mailserver, LAMP)
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Tasksel cinnamon install stuck at 81%
Not sure what to do as my Ubuntu headless server is now stuck on a purple terminal gui.
I've tried to use tasksel to install cinnamon-desktop. It seems it's now stuck on 81% which is displayed as &...
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 23.04 on my M2 Mac using VMware
I am trying to install Ubuntu 23.04 on my M2 Mac using VMware, but I can't get past the sudo command screen when I type in sudo taskel install ubuntu-desktop it keeps demanding I type in a command. I'...
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I switched from Ubuntu Desktop to Ubuntu Server. How do I switch back?
I accidentally switched from Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 to Ubuntu Server 22.04. Typing one command without realizing understanding it, I tried to switch to Ubuntu desktop by installing tasksel, but I couldn'...
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Installing Ubuntu Desktop Error
I'm trying to install Ubuntu Desktop using tasksel utility but I got some errors.
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied
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Ububtu Server 22.04 LTS, tasksel not displaying option for Jammy Jellyfish GUI [duplicate]
I wish to have Jammy Jellyfish GUI available for use on a Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS.
On an Oracle VM(v6.1.14) I have successfully installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (.iso downloaded from https://ubuntu....
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GNOME on Ubuntu Server and Display Manager not configured
I installed GNOME on Ubuntu Server 20.04 on a Dell T-320 using tasksel but did not do anything with the display manager. Now, when I startup the server, I get an unreadable GNOME startup with no where ...
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Is it possible to determine a list of manually installed Tasks (or special packages with ^ in the end) without using tasksel?
I see that my system has installed several tasks. Below is the output of command with tasksel:
$ tasksel --list-tasks | grep ^i
i print-server Print server
i samba-server Samba file server
i ubuntu-...
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How to use taskset with more than 128 cores?
I am using taskset with more than 128 cores.
I know that a cpu with less than 32 cores can run the following:
taskset -p 0xFFFFFFFF pid
How do I present the other cores besides the 32 cores.
Thanks.
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tasksel: apt-get failed (100)
I'm trying to install tasksel and Setting up my PHP/MySql Development Environment in my laptop, I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and I get this error when I try this command line:
Laptop:~$ sudo tasksel install ...
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How to solve the tasksel "apt-get failed (100)" error?
I am trying to install kubuntu-desktop on my Ubuntu 19.04 distro which is dual booted on a laptop.
I have tried sudo apt-get update before and after installing tasksel.
Other tried things - sudo dpkg ...
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Recover files after uninstalling ubuntu-desktop with tasksel?
I am going to do my best to explain what happened:
I had been using Ubuntu 18.04.1, and a friend wanted me to install Drupal on my computer. I followed this guide blindly: https://www.youtube.com/...
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Have ran tasksel to remove some stuff on fresh 18.10, got "update-initramfs: failed for..." error
Have ran tasksel to remove some unneeded stuff on fresh Ubuntu 18.10 VM and got the following errors:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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How can I recover my system after tasksel uninstalled too many packages? [duplicate]
So I was using Tasksel to install the MATE desktop env to try it out as an alternative to GNOME.
After that lengthy installation of MATE, MATE itself worked, but when using GNOME again, GNOME slowly ...
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Removing KDE using tasksel broke my Ubuntu installation
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 I couldn't get used to Gnome and decided to try out KDE Plasma. After installing KDE and playing around a bit I decided to move back to Gnome as I thought it's the ...
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Tasksel removed everything in my Ubuntu - how can I recover it? [duplicate]
I accidentally removed Lubuntu in tasksel. How do I recover it through login shell?
My problem is I can't connect to a network to be able to download the Ubuntu desktop.
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Every app in my Xubuntu 18.04 deleted by Tasksel. Please Help
I tried to remove samba-server with this command (sudo tasksel remove samba-server) and every app even the system apps are deleted and now xubuntu is stuck at boot, just showing loading. What should I ...
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Tasksel task versioning
I need to install the LAMP stack for one of our projects, in which machines are powered by Xubuntu. I'm looking for the fastest way we could have that installed and I have discovered tasksel.
Now I ...
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Why I cannot download Ubuntu desktop on Ubuntu 17 server (apt-get failed)
First I install tasksel:
sudo apt-get install tasksel
Then I updatedb
sudo updatedb
After that I update apt-get:
sudo apt-get update
and Finally I run tasksel and choose Ubuntu Desktop
sudo ...
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What packages are required to make tasksel work on Xenial [duplicate]
I have a Xenial (upgraded from Trusty) 64 bit Desktop install. I've installed the tasksel package in order to install a LAMP server (required for ZoneMinder). When runing "sudo tasksel", it displays ...
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Where can one learn the structure of caret sign command sets as in install lamp-server^? [duplicate]
To establish a LAMP stack with Ubuntu one could execute in an Ubuntu command line:
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ -y
The caret indicated it's not a common installation command but rather a ...
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In "Tasksel" how do I select a package?
I found a video on YouTube that shows someone using the command tasksel from the server's boot menu after a fresh install of Ubuntu Server. Simple enough it looked like, but when I go to the options I ...
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How to quit tasksel instalation stalled with error "write access unavailable, cannot proceed"?
I have a minimal Ubuntu Server 16.04 installation on an old x86_64 desktop PC. Tried installing graphic UI with tasksel (selected Lubuntu desktop and OpenSSH Server), but near 90% of process at ...
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Tasksel deleted some desktop depedencies
I need help.
I tried to make upgrade from php5 tp php7 this morning on my local dev machine. I run tasksel to install lamp but unfortunetly I'm unchecked one of depedencies, probably for ubuntu-...
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Cannot boot after removing Ubuntu-desktop with tasksel
I created /boot and / and swap upon install. I allowed Ubuntu to partition it for me. I did not do any manual partitioning.
I ran into problems on this install, in getting it to boot. They were ...
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Auto set password for MySQL root user when install lamp-server via tasksel
As guided here, we can install LAMP viatasksel by one single command
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
This includes installing MySQL and will prompt us to enter root password.
I need to pass the ...
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Are manually installed dependencies better than auto installed ones?
There is a VERY good question and answer here: Should I use tasksel, tasks in APT or install regular metapackages? (which incidentally I got to from here: What's the easiest way to set up a LAMP ...
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What is installed with the `mail-server` metapackage installed from `tasksel`?
I'm in the need of installing the mail-server metapackage on my Ubuntu Server 15.10 machine.
I have installed the mail-server metapackage with the sudo tasksel command; but I'm not sure what to do ...
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LAMP server couldn't be installed using tasksel
I tried to install LAMP server using tasksel.
But it shows the following error message.
I tried changing permissions using chmod but in vain
debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/...
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What task to select in tasksel during lubuntu alternate install to get a default system
I'm installing Lubuntu 14.04.1 from the alternate Image. At the "tasksel" step I would like to select the same tasks that would be installed with the desktop installer.
There's a task called "Lubuntu ...
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How to downgrade php version in ubuntu 15.04 [duplicate]
I am working on a codeigniter project where the system requires php version < 5.6 that is 5.5, but few days ago I have installed ubuntu 15.04 with having LAMP stack installed using tasksel;the ...
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Is it possible to install a task in a different drive?
I have a very limited hard disk space
Is it possible to install lubuntu using tasksel on a USB disk for example?
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Pin virtualbox to core(s) on precise pangolin (12.04)
I'm trying to pin VirtualBox to a few cores with taskset like so:
/usr/bin/taskset -c 1-3 VirtualBox &; disown
But the taskset has no effect. I have verified that taskset works with processes ...
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'tasksel install lamp-server' verses 'apt-get install lamp-server^' [duplicate]
Is there a reason why 'tasksel install lamp-server' or 'apt-get install lamp-server^' is better than another when setting up a fresh lamp server (or other group install)? Are they really any different ...
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Can't install LAMP and can't run tasksel
I can't get LAMP installed and I can't get TASKSEL to run. This is really becoming a drag now.
my input for installing LAMP: sudo apt-get install lamp-server
output:
The following packages have ...
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Unable to locate tasksel or lamp-server
I'm trying to install lamp server on ubuntu desktop 14.04
I start with sudo apt-get update. This process does not seem to complete though. After the Get: 1 list completes I have
Get:2 http://www....
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I uninstalled my ubuntu 14.04 desktop now i have no login in screen
I followed instructions here to use sudo tasksel to install a LAMP server as a one line command
however i overlooked what was actually happening and removed my desktop environment.
When i reboot i ...
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Error while installing lamp-server
I want to install lamp-server via tasksel. But when I enter the command:
sudo tasksel install lamp-server , I get error:
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
perl: ...
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Tasksel error in 14.04 preseed
I have a 14.04 preseed that errors and bails out with this being reported to syslog:
Jul 23 17:54:12 pkgsel: starting tasksel
Jul 23 17:54:13 in-target: Unknown option: debconf-apt-from
Jul 23 17:54:...
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Full Description of different Tasksel Kubuntu options?
I've noticed that there are a few different options for Kubuntu 14.04 when you run the tasksel command. Does anyone know where I can find a fuller description of what the different options install ...
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How to install a web server on Ubuntu 14.04?
:~$ sudo apt-get install tasksel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package tasksel is not available, but is referred to by another package.
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Problem with tasksel in Ubuntu 14.04
I tried to install lamp server using this command: sudo tasksel install lamp-server
But I always get this error:
Can't call method "set" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm ...
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Help! Ubuntu 13.10 boots forever after installing lamp-server
I installed Ubuntu 13.10 and it worked fine. Then I needed lamp server so I found how to install it using tasksel. I installed tasksel and ran lamp server installation.
After that an undisclosed ...
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Trying to remove Ubuntu-desktop with tasksel returns "aptitude failed"
I am following this guide trying to turn my Ubuntu-desktop-installation into Ubuntu-server.
However, I am having problems already in step 2. Using tasksel to remove/install anything returns with:
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Lamp installation error: unable to resolve host
I get an error every time I try to install lamp with:
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
My terminal looks like this :
root@(none):~# sudo tasksel install lamp-server
sudo: unable to resolve host (...
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Should I use tasksel, tasks in APT or install regular metapackages?
Tasksel or plain Apt?
In the past I've always used tasksel to install so-called "tasks". It seems, however, that this has been integrated in APT:
apt-cache dumpavail | grep ^Task
[...] snip
Task: ...
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Cannot login via SSH after installing LAMP via Tasksel
After install LAMP via Tasksel I cannot log in anymore via SSH: connection refused. I'm sure that install LAMP this way causes this problem. I had this once before.
I'm still connected via SSH, so I'...
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mysql does not start or work
Recently I installed LAMP with tasksel.
Then I remember I issued some commands to get into the mysql console - it worked.
Right now I checked - apache and php modules work perfectly.
But as for mysql ...
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Why does "tasksel" give an "aptitude failed" error?
The problem started in the following way. I was using tasksel from the terminal menu that it shows when I simply do sudo tasksel. I select Lamp Server from the list and started to install all packages ...
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whats the difference between tasksel and normal methods
Recently I have gone through tasksel command usage because of LAMP server setup. Why can't I use apt-get or aptitude there? Why does the Ubuntu wiki page suggest to do it with tasksel only. Is there ...
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How to instal LAMP for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the easiest way to set up a LAMP stack?
I'm studying SQL database right now and I need a mySQL server. I was guided to use a LAMP server on Linux .. but I don't ...