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Installation

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Important

Task Tracker CLI is Windows-only for now as it uses Windows directories to create its necessary AppData folders. This may change in the future if Linux / Mac OS Support is introduced but for now this guide will assume you're using a Windows machine.

To use the Task Tracker CLI first you must get the appropriate .exe file, this can be sourced directly from Releases with the current version being v1.0.0 which can be found here or you can clone the repository using : https://github.com/RyanEllisDale/Task-Tracker-CLI.git and compile a debug / release version for your own device in an IDE of your choosing.

Note

This project was made in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 but all the default generated files have been omitted from the repository via it's .gitignore thus you will have to re-generate the IDE specific files for whatever program you end up using.

When using the application the first argument is always the .exe name so change it to whatever you find convenient. The default name is "Tasks.exe" and so when you want to run the program you would specify "Tasks" in the terminal followed by the appropriate commands / arguments.

Linking to PATH

Once you have a .exe in a folder of your choosing you must add that folder to your system's PATH environment variables so that your system knows where to search when trying to execute the the program.

To edit the PATH environment :

Control Panel » System and Security » System » Advanced System Settings » Environment Variables.

1 : Open the Control Panel

Control Panel

2 : Select System and Security and then navigate to the System section

System Security

3 : This will open the About System page in Settings, from here select "Advanced System Settings"

About System

4 : This will open a System Properties menu, make sure you are in the Advanced tab and select "Environment Variables"

System Properties

5 : Under System Variables locate and edit "Path"

Environment Variables

6 : Add the folder where the .exe is stored into your Path Environment Variable then click Ok

Adding Folder

Testing

At this point once you have the .exe and have linked it to your PATH environment, you should be able to call the program from anywhere on your machine, to test this open up the windows terminal and test the program out. It's recommended you use the simple "hello" command for this test.

PS C:\Users\Local_User>  tasks hello 
Welcome to your Task Tracker !

And with that it's installed, enjoy using the Task Tracker CLI ! Hopefully all of it works !

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