How to Install and Uninstall cron Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "cron" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cron on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cron on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

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
SHA512: 61c68b38c6678363d1e4b8aebaa8a9a9a3cdb3166dc4d89e156f76d3e30ac79d9747fcfb584465fa5779f0b2da564b144b7336dac43558a92f7f41d3e223c295
Homepage: https://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Description-en: 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: 7384e614068d48b9ac2335cb05added3
Task: standard