Installing tasks.php on Arch Linux

tasks.php is a simple task manager written in PHP that can be used from the command line. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of tasks.php on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, there are a few prerequisites that we need to meet:

• You need to have the latest version of PHP installed on your system.
• You also need to have Composer installed.

If you do not have either of these tools installed, you can easily install them using the Arch Linux package manager.

To install PHP, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S php

To install Composer, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S composer

Installing tasks.php

Now that we have met the prerequisites, we can proceed with the installation of tasks.php.

1. Create a new directory and navigate to it.

mkdir tasks
cd tasks

2. Clone the tasks.php repository from GitHub.

git clone https://github.com/lgg-archive/tasks.php.git

3. Navigate to the root directory of tasks.php.

cd tasks.php

4. Use Composer to install the dependencies.

composer install

5. Make the tasks file executable.

chmod +x tasks

6. Move the tasks file to a directory in your $PATH, so that you can use it from anywhere.

sudo mv tasks /usr/local/bin/tasks

Usage

Now that we have installed tasks.php, let’s run a quick test to verify that everything is working as expected.

1. Create a new task list.

tasks new

2. Add a new task.

tasks add "Buy milk"

3. View the task list.

tasks list

You should see the task you just added displayed on the screen.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed tasks.php on Arch Linux!

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