How to Install and Uninstall apticron Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "apticron" package

Please follow the instructions below to install apticron on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall apticron on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apticron
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apticron package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: apticron
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 55
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Depends: bsd-mailx | mailx, apt (>= 1.1~exp9), ucf (>= 0.28), cron | cron-daemon, bzip2
Recommends: apt-listchanges, iproute2, gpg
Filename: pool/universe/a/apticron/apticron_1.2.5_all.deb
Size: 12156
MD5sum: ea11523e25e48e3b969cf19fc976e00d
SHA1: 6471554f4061930d09cffdf6721707c122f69358
SHA256: 67bb3dacc0b1b6c2c5c6d218f9d719c9f38527835da5761cf9c631cee0f67d85
SHA512: caf0dc476e41e5b2475b48c3d20b634c873e92dc2c56913dee121de0afd0bc481f1389193bd0223bbd7c28bd0cdb7a84dabf089de3f436b748a6fdd296b75c11
Description-en: Simple tool to mail about pending package updates - cron version
Apticron is a simple script which sends daily emails about pending package
updates such as security updates, properly handling packages on hold both by
dselect and aptitude.
Description-md5: cf0f2f42b823f1d7864bab7f83826a35