How To Install ejabberd-mod-cron on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-cron
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 ejabberd-mod-cron
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ejabberd-mod-cron
How To Uninstall ejabberd-mod-cron on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ejabberd-mod-cron
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.