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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "killer" package

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


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

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


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

Package: killer
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 93
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Edu Developers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.90-12
Depends: perl, exim4 | mail-transport-agent, xprintidle
Filename: pool/universe/k/killer/killer_0.90-12_all.deb
Size: 22816
MD5sum: c1063feeeb83941348f57124f80ba07b
SHA1: 4a19350cb76e70574560e44b4be87cf165ea5f6a
SHA256: 757b65b73a31423919875182ba219c7a0d050580a277eb0291e67156cc7cfc3b
Description-en: Background job killer
killer is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background
jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently
logged into the machine. Jobs can be run in the background (and are
exempt from *killer*'s actions) if their scheduling priority has been
reduced by increasing their nice(1) value or if they are being run
through condor.
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When the package is installed, a cron job is installed to run killer
once an hour.
Description-md5: eef5d0d212093635d7616145d6e3fe28
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu