How to Install and Uninstall chrony Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "chrony" package

This is a short guide on how to install chrony on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall chrony on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                chrony
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the chrony package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: chrony
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2-4ubuntu4.5
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Blut
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 497
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libnss3 (>= 2:3.13.4-2~), libseccomp2 (>= 2.2.3-3~), ucf, iproute2, lsb-base, libcap2-bin, adduser
Recommends: networkd-dispatcher (>= 1.7-0ubuntu3)
Suggests: dnsutils
Conflicts: ntp, time-daemon
Replaces: time-daemon
Filename: pool/main/c/chrony/chrony_3.2-4ubuntu4.5_amd64.deb
Size: 203856
MD5sum: 76357e3b1ec5228f31b09963f8b23875
SHA1: 442f8d251e11ede93db7344736b6c31052577762
SHA256: 6add943b7a4882525510d67b851283883f9f84d3808660ce7f793568e2a3ccef
SHA512: 766be8cfe0f84db7509f51c04d25eb6eb432bebbfc98898becb1b8aad8c94721198b0e663b19a72b992e101637b3de0c5b189de9dac18b6c41d270e22d3e8814
Homepage: https://chrony.tuxfamily.org
Description: Versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol
Description-md5: f0bbbeab28dbc2e9fe201d3d79df8c96
Supported: 5y

Package: chrony
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2-4ubuntu4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Vincent Blut
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 496
Provides: time-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libnss3 (>= 2:3.13.4-2~), libseccomp2 (>= 2.2.3-3~), ucf, iproute2, lsb-base, libcap2-bin, adduser
Recommends: networkd-dispatcher (>= 1.7-0ubuntu3)
Suggests: dnsutils
Conflicts: ntp, time-daemon
Replaces: time-daemon
Filename: pool/main/c/chrony/chrony_3.2-4ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 203252
MD5sum: 27008d79693ae2d12e08de89a298e4f1
SHA1: 643bf50031c678b00e28c115663f23a9bca5b1ba
SHA256: a73d5406266f71648921229c13fb0ff954d54f891e166586ddba5b727f443e89
Homepage: https://chrony.tuxfamily.org
Description: Versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol
Description-md5: f0bbbeab28dbc2e9fe201d3d79df8c96
Supported: 5y