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+=head1 NAME
+
+tasksel - a user interface for installing tasks
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+tasksel install <task>
+
+tasksel remove <task>
+
+tasksel [options]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+tasksel shows all available tasks and allows selecting ones to install
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-t>, B<--test>
+
+test mode; don't actually install or remove packages
+
+=item B<--new-install>
+
+automatically select some tasks without even displaying them to the user;
+default other tasks to on; used during new Debian installs.
+
+=item B<--list-tasks>
+
+list on stdout the tasks that would be displayed in the tasksel interface
+
+=item B<--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.
+
+=item B<--task-desc> task
+
+outputs the extended description of the given task
+
+=item B<--debconf-apt-progress> options
+
+Pass the specified options to the debconf-apt-progress command that tasksel
+runs.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+dpkg(8), apt-get(8)
+
+=head1 FILES
+
+F</usr/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc> and
+F</usr/local/share/tasksel/descs/*.desc> are used to define tasks.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+tasksel was written by Randolph Chung E<lt>tausq@debian.orgE<gt>
+and Joey Hess E<lt>joeyh@debian.orgE<gt>
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+This document first appeared with tasksel-1.0