How to Install and Uninstall cron Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "cron" package

This guide let you learn how to install cron on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall cron on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: cron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-136ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 262
Provides: cron-daemon
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82), debianutils (>= 1.7), sensible-utils, adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11)
Suggests: anacron (>= 2.0-1), logrotate, checksecurity, default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-136ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 71472
MD5sum: 4e8711bef7916ca33de51587b96ce754
SHA1: 9ddad53ad9de18f675369097bb48b65325cd4692
SHA256: 9ae7c01663ccb423f9013a86abd15ddb99da7685884dfb5c4cafc68b702ddcb5
Homepage: https://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Description: process scheduling daemon
Description-md5: 7384e614068d48b9ac2335cb05added3
Task: standard