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

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "cron" package

Learn how to install cron on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall cron on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cron
Priority: important
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 243
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2
Provides: cron-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser, libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-11)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
Suggests: anacron (>= 2.0-1), logrotate, checksecurity, exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: dpkg (<< 1.15.4)
Filename: pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-128ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 68388
MD5sum: 5ad5dc3e65669e69d0945a2e98543b6c
SHA1: 639ea350f2d7362eb578ad9c1e6438081329d5a4
SHA256: 3621cb9ec4722ae2c80dbe2c8f0f83c5473c8bb9d0e89893ce040248e3ebce13
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
Homepage: http://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal