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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cronutils" package

This guide let you learn how to install cronutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cronutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cronutils
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jamie Wilkinson
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.9-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cronutils/cronutils_1.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 13906
MD5sum: 2820d3f73d1127ec4e36563c24fc3913
SHA1: 3de8c9813e8f6f7d41e41ab99805e99fb669ba34
SHA256: 1b5aea1fab9b280da536117b5c2a78cfb63b1bdedb7746ef4af1d01dc2270108
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
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/cronutils
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu