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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "cron-apt" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cron-apt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall cron-apt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cron-apt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cron-apt package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cron-apt
Architecture: all
Version: 0.13.0
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ola Lundqvist
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 89
Depends: apt
Recommends: liblockfile1, mail-transport-agent, cron | cron-daemon
Filename: pool/universe/c/cron-apt/cron-apt_0.13.0_all.deb
Size: 20220
MD5sum: 8420b1583087247f07da4f1d5719fde3
SHA1: 4078845c9c5a3787058c68e099b04ef0f2773bf4
SHA256: a749d37ec55568e2a61ac25a5af73f7058d05065d6ac3c03450a854c6fbd7548
SHA512: dcab76f1db79a9b054dc081ea4ce3504e1226bbfd57afb6bcd6a47287914697525730e2f129f10afed17d0403b50662ad055284da8ca9a6f6b948aa8067a336d
Description-en: automatic update of packages using apt-get
Contains a tool that is run by a cron job at regular intervals. By default it
just updates the package list and downloads new packages without installing.
You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get
(or aptitude).
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It can optionally send mail to the system administrator on errors, log
to syslog or a separate log file.
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Observe that this tool may be a security risk, so you should not set it
to do more than necessary. Automatic upgrade of all packages is NOT
recommended unless you are in full control of the package repository.
Description-md5: 2e64c2fc7f0c5ac0fd844be065a8a152