How to Install cron software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

How to Install cron software package in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)

cron software package provides process scheduling daemon, you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) 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 Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus
Section Administration Utilities
Package cron
Version 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2
Description process scheduling daemon
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cron software package from Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)?