mcron software package provides Guile-based program for running jobs at regular times, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install mcron
mcron is installed in your system.
Make ensure the mcron package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep mcron *
You will get with mcron package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | mcron |
| Version | 1.0.6-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | Guile-based program for running jobs at regular times |
| Sub Section | Utils |