How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

This guide let you learn how to install anacron on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall anacron on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: anacron
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-38ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lance Lin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 95
Depends: lsb-base, 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_2.3-38ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 28010
MD5sum: bc695c85343b6a977c7dc761621e7015
SHA1: 73ce187054c488a24b4925270afe33d5b05d486a
SHA256: 4d5c3eb481ec4e7ec4cd75380c755f3defaed07a63b1e871c3ddeaa672c44959
SHA512: bcdbb92f241b87379ffb2c31b9a63841d463c420946a8e5cd06ec730e74d275449bd8e042579a626240c4171288472b12779dd07f18140a2679e68cf3b71705a
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, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi