How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install anacron on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall anacron on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: anacron
Version: 2.3-30
Installed-Size: 104
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.7), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libc6 (>= 2.7)
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_2.3-30_amd64.deb
Size: 35004
MD5sum: 4e552f2c9028d908f8cc747ced88b1af
SHA256: 1e80d32c78a2242cd8c44dfce2371a3675446e9383a6463ed4352fe3f8eb113e