How To Install at on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install at on CentOS 7.
What is at
At and batch read commands from standard input or from a specified file. At allows you to specify that a command will be run at a particular time. Batch will execute commands when the system load levels drop to a particular level. Both commands use user’s shell. You should install the at package if you need a utility for time-oriented job control. Note will need to be repeated at the same time every day/week, etc. you should use crontab instead.
We can use yum or dnf to install at on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install at.
Install at on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install at using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install at
Install at on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install at using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install at
How To Uninstall at on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the at package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove at
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install at on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
