How to Install and Uninstall systemd-cron Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "systemd-cron" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                systemd-cron
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "systemd-cron" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall systemd-cron 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 systemd-cron package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: systemd-cron
Version: 1.15.19-5
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Debian Systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: anacron, bcron, cron, cronie
Provides: anacron, cron-daemon
Depends: systemd-sysv, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), systemd | systemd-standalone-sysusers | systemd-sysusers
Pre-Depends: cron-daemon-common
Suggests: default-mta | exim4 | mail-transport-agent
Conflicts: anacron, bcron, cron, cronie
Description: systemd units to provide cron daemon & anacron functionality
Description-md5: 36b272e4814f3e0aec170736de5f9b3a
Homepage: https://github.com/systemd-cron/systemd-cron
Tag: admin::automation, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd-cron/systemd-cron_1.15.19-5_amd64.deb
Size: 34612
MD5sum: 5cbf94a028e7cb7109a5ceaf9f45147f
SHA256: b3df1202f2c1cde3be84cb57808843fca736870765a1d5a966eb2b2a32cb6eb0