How To Install bcron on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcron on Kali Linux.

What is bcron

bcron is:

Bruce cron system is designed with secure operations in mind. To do this, the system is divided into several separate programs, each responsible for a separate task, with strictly controlled communications between them.

The user interface is a drop-in replacement for similar systems, such as vixie-cron, but the internals differ greatly.

There are three methods to install bcron on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bcron Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bcron using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bcron

Install bcron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bcron using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bcron

Install bcron Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bcron using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bcron

How To Uninstall bcron on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bcron package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bcron

Uninstall bcron And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bcron and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcron

Remove bcron Configurations and Data

To remove bcron configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bcron

Remove bcron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bcron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcron

Dependencies

bcron have the following dependencies:

• ucspi-unix
• runit-helper
• sysuser-helper
• libbg2
• libc6

References

• bcron website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcron package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.