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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "cron" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cron on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: cron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 249
Provides: cron-daemon
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11)
Suggests: anacron (>= 2.0-1), logrotate, checksecurity, exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: dpkg (<< 1.15.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 69548
MD5sum: b11f279f05058004cc909d94b45ef909
SHA1: 19e9a130e3fcb25f60c04f12a37a47ad586a411f
SHA256: e7cd32c4962a28ed82ea87150a702cae4d3db3ba32e58514268c16d1497378f5
SHA512: adc40536d259d8d8bd4cf4c07ba3285952578fdabcb2ce562208092d8c57fef898f1a6d9499a0f476e8808b444567a52992657901c709b77c5d0fbc76baeebb7
Homepage: http://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Description: process scheduling daemon
Description-md5: 7384e614068d48b9ac2335cb05added3
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: cron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1
Priority: important
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 247
Provides: cron-daemon
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11)
Suggests: anacron (>= 2.0-1), logrotate, checksecurity, exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: dpkg (<< 1.15.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 68768
MD5sum: 868446502c202c81498770402272507a
SHA1: b44a94f18b07c966256609b7e4fde2bd8e963f8e
SHA256: 914e45db4d64f0bf1cdc2ccd01aa74469b65af2260b669bbcaed53192aacc325
Homepage: http://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Description: process scheduling daemon
Description-md5: 7384e614068d48b9ac2335cb05added3
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y