Information about the package, cronie-anacron, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cronie-anacron package is designed for, Utility for running regular jobs.
Package Name:
cronie-anacron
Summary:
Utility for running regular jobs
Description:
Anacron became part of cronie. Anacron is used only for running regular jobs. The default settings execute regular jobs by anacron, however this could be overloaded in settings.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.4
Release:
16.el6_8.2
Size:
43 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2
Control the cronie-anacron package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cronie-anacron
This command will install cronie-anacron on the server.
yum remove cronie-anacron
This command will un-install cronie-anacron on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cronie-anacron, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cronie-anacron
This command will un-install cronie-anacron on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cronie-anacron when using the -y flag.
yum update cronie-anacron
This command will update cronie-anacron to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cronie-anacron, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cronie-anacron
This command will update cronie-anacron to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cronie-anacron when using the -y flag.
yum info cronie-anacron
This command will show you core information about the cronie-anacron package.
yum deplist cronie-anacron
This command will show you the dependencies for cronie-anacron. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cronie-anacron
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cronie-anacron. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.