How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

This is a short guide on how to install anacron on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                anacron
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "anacron" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall anacron on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                anacron
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the anacron package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: anacron
Version: 2.3-28
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: pe
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.7), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon, rsyslog | system-log-daemon
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, powermgmt-base
Description: cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Description-md5: cd9f07726e1ee3bc93fcfdb799520070
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/
Tag: admin::automation, implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, role::program,
scope::utility
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/anacron/anacron_2.3-28_amd64.deb
Size: 34556
MD5sum: 8ba0527e6f728b52fd562ff7606e308e
SHA256: a5c6422f447e14d0985aea38742811d505159e736f9061660cfdc09533824770