How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

This is a short guide on how to install anacron on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: anacron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-30ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 103
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.7), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), libc6 (>= 2.33)
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, rsyslog | system-log-daemon, powermgmt-base
Filename: pool/main/a/anacron/anacron_2.3-30ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 27584
MD5sum: dc3c3390cafa86790b2a3971aff6762c
SHA1: 5fdb199b81e1bc1d24afc19d6c95de08332ba4d9
SHA256: 6921244438b706dabf271c7503c9e33908239a35fde17b9f89566afde68c7dd0
SHA512: 8c977d58b29baa6e47902eb9e1f398f2c261b55afbee4f4a9fdde530c136cebac5ebb5f4056a1f7595462ca5ccaab31c0bcb63777bcca5a8eb0dc3184b6fe4df
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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