How To Install kcron on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kcron
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kcron
kcron is:
This package helps migrating from the kcron standalone app to the KDE config module in kde-config-cron.
It is a transitional package that can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install kcron
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kcron Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kcron
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kcron
Install kcron Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kcron
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kcron
Install kcron Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kcron
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kcron
How To Uninstall kcron on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kcron
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kcron
Uninstall kcron And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kcron
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kcron
Remove kcron Configurations and Data
To remove kcron
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kcron
Remove kcron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kcron
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kcron
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kcron
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.