Install Go For It – To-Do List Application on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 & Linux Mint

How to install “Go For It” To-Do List Software on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint Systems. Go For It is a To-Do List Application for Linux Ubuntu and Mint Systems.

“Go For It” is an advanced “To-Do List” application for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint Systems. “Go For It – To-Do List Application” is an open source software which is completely free. It comes with a built-in timer to keep track of your tasks and to-do lists. The timer is a powerful feature which avoids distraction and lets you focus on the current task, while reminding you to future to-do lists/tasks.

The application also allows to store and synchronize the tasks on mobile device. The applications’ To-do lists are stored in the Todo.txt format and can easily be edited. It automatically archives completed tasks to the done list.

Install Go For It – To-Do List Application

One can install the “Go For It – To-Do List Application” on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint 17.1/17 Systems. To Install “Go For It” in Ubuntu and Linux Mint Systems, open Terminal and run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mank319/go-for-it
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install go-for-it


You can also download & click install the .deb package via Software Center. Please note to install i386 for 32-bit systems and amd64 for 64-bit systems.

Click here to install the “Go For It – To-Do List Application” .dep package. For Windows PCs, click here (Go-For-It website) and download the package.

After successful installation, if the background looks broken due to the Unity Overlay Scrollbars bug, run the following command to fix:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/go-for-it.desktop

When the go-for-it.desktop file opens, edit the ‘Exec’ line as:

Exec=env LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 go-for-it

The above code will disable the overlay scrollbars for Go For It application.