How to Install and Uninstall at Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "at" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install at on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall at on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the at package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: at
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jose M Calhariz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1.18-2ubuntu1
Depends: libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9)
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Filename: pool/main/a/at/at_3.1.18-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 37756
MD5sum: 784e336ce8a4951c27d46fbe7fde0d54
SHA1: c8c30a10a255cb569c2289ce1b1e45c613e5b2e1
SHA256: b147bc4bfacfdbeaef4ff84756cb6866f470bc33f517ab779be19d4be461faa0
Description-en: Delayed job execution and batch processing
At and batch read shell commands from standard input
storing them as a job to be scheduled for execution in the
future.
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Use
at to run the job at a specified time
batch to run the job when system load levels permit
Description-md5: 97e204a9f4ad8c681dbd54ec7c505251
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-sdk