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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bcron" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bcron" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall bcron 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 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