How to Install and Uninstall cron Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "cron" package

Learn how to install cron on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall cron on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: cron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-184ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Georges Khaznadar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 230
Provides: cron-daemon
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~), cron-daemon-common
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), sensible-utils, libpam-runtime
Suggests: anacron, logrotate, checksecurity, supercat, default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Conflicts: bcron, cronie, systemd-cron
Replaces: bcron, cronie, systemd-cron
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-184ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 85312
MD5sum: d2950d4567be49d861c4737da2057b28
SHA1: 657b53ae984e143d26a4d7f5ca8e08bfb49e70a3
SHA256: 4ffb0e7dbc3cb11d77ca2951ba9fffea46b4ebc1766fc944a38036f3458c5a9c
SHA512: 73b1e4e54bf77c68e95aacc0ae14a11eab5fa3f2fd476b39ce62194c15f46e19dd4560242abbfb4a99b932c24c3504d6b74b015f13c9ea8f66b258cb70da5efd
Homepage: https://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Description: process scheduling daemon
Description-md5: 7384e614068d48b9ac2335cb05added3
Task: standard