How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

Please follow the steps below to install anacron on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: anacron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-39ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lance Lin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 95
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, powermgmt-base
Filename: pool/main/a/anacron/anacron_2.3-39ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28234
MD5sum: 79cc15c8246d66a703dce5f0767c8e4d
SHA1: d248eb807db99c20794d72d5c9364d931b4e3e75
SHA256: 62f02b6dcc641d5985a89f293502f72ef0032e5816286a4b87a66683a5245b0e
SHA512: eeda5f111fbc06cb4af3466332cd78f00ec90e0913bc2055e51e68282e052a7077b28349d7553695fe7ddfde8f521e82d2ecc8676f9fe7c3e2cba5d51a194ec2
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/
Description: cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Description-md5: cd9f07726e1ee3bc93fcfdb799520070
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-minimal, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-raspi, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi