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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cronutils" package

This is a short guide on how to install cronutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cronutils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cronutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cronutils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cronutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9-2build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jamie Wilkinson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 73
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cronutils/cronutils_1.9-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 14876
MD5sum: 9ec6e961f66496b1a5a40896c312fb2d
SHA1: ac2f9e7a511482bd71bd3fbffb0ef80267a7a1d4
SHA256: f2a9dc735bfb716a02adc2cd14eb5c9032f74ec18b45d1bb75469fba81556847
SHA512: 397ecffdeaa3e2af6e540613c73a1131db45f298439e9ab89fbf893364e392005a8529f9e5667d6ccc51bc94c37cea1d405535d84d010a27ace8ae5e36c33143
Homepage: https://github.com/google/cronutils
Description-en: Utilities to assist running batch processing jobs
A set of utilities to complement batch processing jobs, such as those
run from cron, by limiting concurrent execution of jobs, setting hard
limits on the runtime of a job, and recording execution statistics of
a completed job.
Description-md5: 7380357037cd95e6e4d7f43ce71485ee