How to Install cron software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install cron software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

cron software package provides process scheduling daemon, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cron

cron is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cron package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cron *

You will get with cron package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cron package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Administration Utilities
Package cron
Version 3.0pl1-127+deb8u1
Description process scheduling daemon
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cron software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?


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