How To Install cronutils on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 cronutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cronutils

How To Uninstall cronutils on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cronutils

Remove cronutils Configurations and Data

To remove cronutils configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• cronutils website

Summary

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