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Quick installation of cron-apt:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: cron-apt
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install cron-apt
Package Details | |
| Package: | cron-apt |
| Version: | 0.9.0 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | automatic update of packages using apt-get Contains a tool that is run by a cron job at regular intervals. By default it just updates the package list and downloads new packages without installing. You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get (or aptitude). . It can optionally send mail to the system administrator on errors, log to syslog or a separate log file. . Observe that this tool may be a security risk, so you should not set it to do more than necessary. Automatic upgrade of all packages is NOT recommended unless you are in full control of the package repository. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install cron-apt on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If cron-apt is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L cron-apt' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L cron-apt Package `cron-apt' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing cron-apt:
After system update use the following command to install cron-apt:
sudo apt-get install cron-apt
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove cron-apt from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the cron-apt from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the cron-apt following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove cron-apt
Following command is used to remove the cron-apt package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove cron-apt
This will remove cron-apt and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing cron-apt with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge cron-apt
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove cron-apt
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with cron-apt package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
