How to Install and Uninstall cron Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "cron" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cron on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cron on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cron
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cron package on Kali Linux

Package: cron
Source: cron (3.0pl1-186)
Version: 3.0pl1-186+b1
Installed-Size: 244
Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: bcron, cronie, systemd-cron
Provides: cron-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), sensible-utils, libpam-runtime
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), cron-daemon-common
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: anacron, logrotate, checksecurity, supercat, bat
Conflicts: bcron, cronie, systemd-cron
Size: 84832
SHA256: 68f6547111bb302eed48a87c364712a7879040289ca979958ff65e35c4877118
SHA1: 2e4861dd3d266a9e6b331cd48093894b8cdae161
MD5sum: 4f9670ad090779113cb7afb4efddd224
Description: process scheduling daemon
The cron daemon is a background process that runs particular programs at
particular times (for example, every minute, day, week, or month), as
specified in a crontab. By default, users may also create crontabs of
their own so that processes are run on their behalf.
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Output from the commands is usually mailed to the system administrator
(or to the user in question); you should probably install a mail system
as well so that you can receive these messages.
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This cron package does not provide any system maintenance tasks. Basic
periodic maintenance tasks are provided by other packages, such
as checksecurity.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Tag: admin::automation, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-186+b1_amd64.deb