How To Install python-crontab on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-crontab on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-crontab
python-crontab is:
python-crontab is a Python module for reading and writing crontab files and accessing the system crontabs automatically and simply using a direct API. This package includes the module for python2.
Features include:
- Displaying and modifying system and user crontab files
- Adding comments to be displayed with jobs
- Validating jobs
- Searching for jobs
There are three methods to install python-crontab 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 python-crontab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-crontab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-crontab
Install python-crontab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-crontab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-crontab
Install python-crontab 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 python-crontab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-crontab
How To Uninstall python-crontab on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-crontab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-crontab
Uninstall python-crontab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-crontab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-crontab
Remove python-crontab Configurations and Data
To remove python-crontab configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-crontab
Remove python-crontab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-crontab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-crontab
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-crontab package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
