How to Install and Uninstall apticron Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "apticron" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install apticron on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apticron
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apticron" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall apticron on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apticron
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apticron package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: apticron
Version: 1.2.1
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
Architecture: all
Depends: bsd-mailx | mailx, apt (>= 1.1~exp9), ucf (>= 0.28), cron | cron-daemon, bzip2
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Recommends: apt-listchanges, iproute2, gpg
Description: Simple tool to mail about pending package updates - cron version
Description-md5: cf0f2f42b823f1d7864bab7f83826a35
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::shell, network::server,
role::program, suite::debian, use::monitor, works-with::mail
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/apticron/apticron_1.2.1_all.deb
Size: 18804
MD5sum: d32799686cd1b8f5406bf6d41dcfb50a
SHA256: f2cb4630ceaaf2756fb3595baca6c1bd5a7066f1c81aa95b24cfbb1dbbb7c155