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Are these tasks up-to-date and maintained by Ubuntu?  Who knows. I never
even heard about tasks and tasksel until well after the abysmal
experience of trying to install the xubuntu-desktop package.

When I google "install xubuntu-desktop" this is what I see.

1 Answer

    1. Install Xubuntu sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
    2. Log out, log back in, selecting Xubuntu/Xfce as my interface.
    3. Chill out for a few days. See that things still work. ...
    4. Clean up. sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get autoremove # removes dependencies of ubuntu-desktop.

Oct 30, 2011
system installation - How to I change from Ubuntu to Xubuntu ...
https://askubuntu.com/questions/65861/how-to-i-change-from-ubuntu-to-xubuntu

This is obviously WRONG for the reasons already stated in the above
comments.

Maybe using tasksel and choosing xubuntu-desktop is the better way of
installing.  But I would urge the Ubuntu / Debian developers to consider
the idea that most people using this system won't know when to uses
tasks versus a meta package or even trust the tasks to be correct.

Even the documentation points to not bother with tasks or what they are for:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel

This function is similar to that of meta-packages, and, in fact, most of
the tasks available from   tasksel are also available as meta-packages
from the Ubuntu package managers (such as Synaptic Package Manager or
KPackageKit).

Because the package managers now have most of the tasks as meta-
packages, tasksel is not installed by default on editions of Ubuntu
(such as Desktop editions) that have package managers. (Tasksel is still
installed by default on server editions).

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Title:
  apt install xubuntu-desktop does not resolve dependencies properly

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in xfce4-session package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Install `xubuntu-desktop` meta package on 18.04 LTS
  2. Login to session
  3a. Click on clock indicator on panel, select "Time & Date Settings"
  3b. Click on Gear, select "About this Computer" or "System Settings"
  3c. Click on keyboard layout indicator, select "Text Entry Settings"

  Expected results:
  xfce-oriented control center is opened

  Actual results:
  gnome-control-center is opened, but with empty window.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.223
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sat Mar 10 21:10:11 2018
  SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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