How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

Please follow the instructions below to install anacron on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall anacron on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: anacron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-29
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 102
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
Filename: pool/main/a/anacron/anacron_2.3-29_amd64.deb
Size: 27916
MD5sum: cf2c23fdf87d98f6bb58d2be706f766d
SHA1: a17556747650916db68ea88f264f4e9e0ca7d301
SHA256: 91159a20fc9869f4c4b724f7d18278c317445f0ce9ce17f830683170a7fadce2
SHA512: 6859f2f9d43a08af89442632e092b63962659bae70b71b057b338943e78d6f59182adf92690d799a5327961ffc7cc6df3df6abe1b119993210ba95a6895d1a9f
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/
Description-en: cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Anacron (like "anac(h)ronistic") is a periodic command scheduler. It
executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it
does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can
therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly, and
monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days), on systems that
don't run 24 hours a day. When installed and configured properly,
Anacron will make sure that the commands are run at the specified
intervals as closely as machine uptime permits.
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This package is pre-configured to execute the daily jobs of the
Debian system. You should install this program if your system isn't
powered on 24 hours a day to make sure the maintenance jobs of other
Debian packages are executed each day.
Description-md5: cd9f07726e1ee3bc93fcfdb799520070
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