How do I install cron
#16
did you try sudo crontab -e
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#17
prupert Wrote:did you try sudo crontab -e

I'm sorry. I should've mentioned it, but yes, I did try it with sudo.
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#18
Report back what those commands mentioned earlier showing whether cron is installed or not say:

aptitude search cron
dpkg -s cron
dpkg --listfiles cron

The first dpkg should give you loads of info, paste what the output is here so we can look.

This also might be interesting:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66993
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#19
Was this from the final live ISO or one of the alpha/beta/RC ISOs?
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#20
It wasn't final. I believe it was RC2. I'm at work so I can't check.
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#21
Install final. apt sources were busted previously.
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#22
RockDawg Wrote:josef - since you are running Live and have cron, what command allowed you to edit the cron table? Was it crontab -e?

No, as long as cron is installed and running just edit /etc/crontab directly and you're sorted. Have never used "crontab -e".
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#23
(disregard this)
ASRock ION 330, Lucid Lynx, XBMC Dharma (beta 2)
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#24
althekiller Wrote:Install final. apt sources were busted previously.

Aha, your problem should be solved - also, installing final means you get access to the rather sublime Confluence skin, it's worth installing just for that.
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#25
althekiller Wrote:Install final. apt sources were busted previously.

Well that's great. After installing 9.11 final, I was finally able to install cron, but now waking from suspend is trashed. Sad I absolutely need wake to work correctly. Is there any place I can get the 9.11 beta 1 .iso (turns out that was what I had not RC2) so I can go back to that?
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#26
Why don't you investigate wake from suspend being "trashed" instead? We aren't going to support any of the old ISOs.

Clearly a new problem, so search forums first, then create a new thread if you don't find your solution.
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#27
Just for some closure on this in case someone else with similar problems finds this. It turns out all I needed to do was change /etc/apt/sources.list to include:

Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

After that, cron installed fine on beta 1. I didn't have to install the final .iso.

althekiller Wrote:Why don't you investigate wake from suspend being "trashed" instead?

Who said I wasn't?

Quote:We aren't going to support any of the old ISOs.

I wasn't asking "you" for support on beta 1. I was simply asking where i could find the .iso.

Quote:Clearly a new problem, so search forums first, then create a new thread if you don't find your solution.

I was already doing this


Thanks everyone for your help!
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