How to Install and Uninstall apticron Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the apticron on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "apticron" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install apticron on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall apticron on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apticron package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: apticron
Version: 1.2.5+nmu1
Installed-Size: 47
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_1.2.5+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 11540
MD5sum: 3abcfd23f7f36ce495211c284d9a9156
SHA256: 121c63514cd5be9511bfc9abfc5c8983779ee81544edfd6750ed962d27afccb3