How To Install cronutils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronutils on Debian 10.
What is cronutils
cronutils is:
A set of utilities to complement batch processing jobs, such as those run from cron, by limiting concurrent execution of jobs, setting hard limits on the runtime of a job, and recording execution statistics of a completed job.
There are three methods to install cronutils on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cronutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cronutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cronutils
Install cronutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cronutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cronutils
Install cronutils 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cronutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cronutils
How To Uninstall cronutils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cronutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cronutils
Uninstall cronutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cronutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cronutils
Remove cronutils Configurations and Data
To remove cronutils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cronutils
Remove cronutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cronutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cronutils
Dependencies
cronutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronutils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.