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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "incron" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall incron on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: incron
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 324
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.10-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.9), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), adduser
Filename: pool/universe/i/incron/incron_0.5.10-3_amd64.deb
Size: 69168
MD5sum: 5d2beb942ab46c660825ba2a043d69ff
SHA1: e5623947f34f7db1f8c83d66f6ab768a08cd52d3
SHA256: df052f8320ef4c958cb3b216a58652c4294c9f69500cfd54b97a320e41a7f7e3
Description-en: cron-like daemon which handles filesystem events
incron is an "inotify cron" system. It works like the regular cron but is
driven by filesystem events instead of time events. This package provides two
programs, a daemon called "incrond" (analogous to crond) and a table
manipulator "incrontab" (like "crontab").
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incron uses the Linux Kernel inotify syscalls.
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like cron, each user can edit its own incron tables.
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incron can be used to :
- notifying programs (e.g. server daemons) about changes in configuration
- guarding changes in critical files (with their eventual recovery)
- file usage monitoring, statistics
- automatic on-crash cleanup
- automatic on-change backup or versioning
- new mail notification (for maildir)
- server upload notification
- installation management (outside packaging systems)
- ... and many others
Description-md5: 267a35828e3e0895895631033dec2d69
Homepage: http://inotify.aiken.cz/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu