How To Install ejabberd-mod-cron on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-cron on Kali Linux.

What is ejabberd-mod-cron

ejabberd-mod-cron is:

This module allows advanced ejabberd administrators to schedule commands for periodic and automatic execution. Each time a scheduled task finishes its execution, a message is printed in the ejabberd log file.

There are three methods to install ejabberd-mod-cron 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 ejabberd-mod-cron Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ejabberd-mod-cron

Install ejabberd-mod-cron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ejabberd-mod-cron using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ejabberd-mod-cron

Install ejabberd-mod-cron 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 ejabberd-mod-cron using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ejabberd-mod-cron

How To Uninstall ejabberd-mod-cron on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ejabberd-mod-cron package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ejabberd-mod-cron

Uninstall ejabberd-mod-cron And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ejabberd-mod-cron

Remove ejabberd-mod-cron Configurations and Data

To remove ejabberd-mod-cron configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ejabberd-mod-cron

Remove ejabberd-mod-cron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ejabberd-mod-cron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ejabberd-mod-cron

Dependencies

ejabberd-mod-cron have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• ejabberd-mod-cron website

Summary

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