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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "cronic" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cronic on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: cronic
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Architecture: all
Version: 3-1
Depends: bash (>= 3.2)
Suggests: cron
Filename: pool/universe/c/cronic/cronic_3-1_all.deb
Size: 6286
MD5sum: 6b5a5c0bfe050e445d1e2644c91a8abc
SHA1: e01b95c7a8a417e9d875e394955e0c9954833328
SHA256: ebc1a352fea02941c2fd4ec10d58c10382db01223fbd2d200d212677c6860dc9
Description-en: Bash script for wrapping cron jobs to prevent excess email sending
Cronic is a small shim shell script for wrapping cron jobs so that cron only
sends email when an error has occurred. Cronic defines an error as any
non-trace error output or a non-zero result code.
Description-md5: 97ec26deb2483f76c27820bf8ce242af
Homepage: http://habilis.net/cronic/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu