How to Install and Uninstall cronie-anacron.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "cronie-anacron.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cronie-anacron.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cronie-anacron.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cronie-anacron.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cronie-anacron.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : cronie-anacron
Version : 1.5.2
Release : 8.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 42 k
Source : cronie-1.5.2-8.el8.src.rpm
Repository : ubi-8-baseos-rpms
Summary : Utility for running regular jobs
URL : https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie
License : MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2+
Description : Anacron is part of cronie that is used for running jobs with regular
: periodicity which do not have exact time of day of execution.
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: The default settings of anacron execute the daily, weekly, and monthly
: jobs, but anacron allows setting arbitrary periodicity of jobs.
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: Using anacron allows running the periodic jobs even if the system is often
: powered off and it also allows randomizing the time of the job execution
: for better utilization of resources shared among multiple systems.