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

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "bcron" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install bcron on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install bcron

2. Uninstall "bcron" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bcron on Debian 12 (Bookworm):

$ sudo apt remove bcron $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the bcron package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bcron
Version: 0.11-19
Installed-Size: 261
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bcron, bcron-run, cron, cronie, systemd-cron
Provides: bcron-run, cron-daemon
Depends: ucspi-unix, runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), sysuser-helper (<< 2.0), libbg2 (>= 2.03), libc6 (>= 2.34), daemon
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), cron-daemon-common, acl
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, runit
Suggests: anacron, runit-init
Conflicts: bcron (<< 0.11-10), bcron-run (<< 0.11-3~), cron, cronie, runit (<< 2.1.2-46~), systemd-cron
Description: Bruce cron system
Description-md5: 2bb678838c137c5e549837603fced6d7
Homepage: https://untroubled.org/bcron
Tag: admin::automation, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bcron/bcron_0.11-19_amd64.deb
Size: 59892
MD5sum: ea43dc8fbb04caefd2f334e171872f58
SHA256: 3b9efad8a84f7b591ad41ae78a9c4edfb9fbb395cc103efb024b7641f58d4cde