How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

Learn how to install anacron on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall anacron on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: anacron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-30ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 99
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.7), lsb-base (>= 3.0-10), 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_2.3-30ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 27716
MD5sum: 4a924fa719381ca9457a63940a76de01
SHA1: d9d9a503c0f0d6e904de8d1c9d8073e22b6c1486
SHA256: f52ccf1e904747eb85481d9da7f584a5228069d937dc2d4b979d350233f1276f
SHA512: be550d07f0aa21e680aa056da5e7861fe4b5c75fc001e7f644ac0700d4d88e52ee594487c7105678c0a19ab017973291d6b15603772d73c8ee074deb76fb6e58
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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