How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the anacron on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "anacron" package

Learn how to install anacron on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall anacron on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: anacron
Version: 2.3-36
Installed-Size: 91
Maintainer: Lance Lin
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, 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_2.3-36_amd64.deb
Size: 26888
MD5sum: 4ba9ea654aa5913b46592f02a0d08c82
SHA256: 8832369f9cc043e7577f0a8b18f0d90c1d3977802c174a4cb6f0f51d1cce345b