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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "killer" package

Learn how to install killer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall killer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: killer
Architecture: all
Version: 0.90-13
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Edu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 65
Depends: perl:any, default-mta | exim4 | mail-transport-agent, xprintidle
Filename: pool/universe/k/killer/killer_0.90-13_all.deb
Size: 23040
MD5sum: d68663ec5050800fa0afa4539c41b5b6
SHA1: 2d8e49dd78fbc4dc3f09d209ad10c70474c943f8
SHA256: 8a3d3bda06f74a89071b9ec24a6455a73bb54e5f29a9a679e55b9d5c47270a11
SHA512: 09b1af59dc88b52c605c0dc7bca7a147c2138cc086cce1f2033c28d7219d56052649782cc1b06df91bba76634ee95d0f8c8f4d9515d9daefb9b4d3bd203ec2cc
Description-en: Background job killer
killer is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background
jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently
logged into the machine. Jobs can be run in the background (and are
exempt from *killer*'s actions) if their scheduling priority has been
reduced by increasing their nice(1) value or if they are being run
through condor.
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When the package is installed, a cron job is installed to run killer
once an hour.
Description-md5: eef5d0d212093635d7616145d6e3fe28