How to Install and Uninstall cron Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "cron" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cron on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-136ubuntu2
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 (>= 2.33), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), 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_3.0pl1-136ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 70580
MD5sum: 74bdbefce262e7da77225bed774c599e
SHA1: 4db26b88eed01ee5886f38eebffec66e701d70a2
SHA256: 806e1ee93228585c57da47ba4698d2ec2d0e33fb40ac77f7019e871deeac7e0a
SHA512: 2911e274e7e810c7ebab5ad3ba34fb4a612f81424532bfe6d5bb10bd2a5b0a4f16c51d461efb321f034eb2897e15d7059cbb796c017dac4146b24e04e3da9baf
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