Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install anacron on Kali Linux.
What is anacron
anacron is:
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.
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.
There are three methods to install anacron on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install anacron Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install anacron using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install anacronInstall anacron Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install anacron using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install anacronInstall anacron Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install anacron using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install anacron
How To Uninstall anacron on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the anacron package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove anacron
Uninstall anacron And Its Dependencies
To uninstall anacron and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove anacron
Remove anacron Configurations and Data
To remove anacron configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge anacron
Remove anacron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove anacron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anacron
Dependencies
anacron have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install anacron package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
