How to Install and Uninstall anacron Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "anacron" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install anacron on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall anacron on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: anacron
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 180
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Eisentraut
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3-23
Replaces: pe
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), debianutils (>= 1.7), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon, rsyslog | system-log-daemon
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, powermgmt-base
Filename: pool/main/a/anacron/anacron_2.3-23_amd64.deb
Size: 27150
MD5sum: c2d64356443cd5e421ce31fa4e82b7c3
SHA1: c78856ce49f20704b95afa348c1dbe61373099d7
SHA256: 863a8580f219961c763ef5a68ebe78de588fa899cedd921f696eba9f62038f0b
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
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/anacron/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop