How To Install incron on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install incron on AlmaLinux 8.
What is incron
This program is an “inotify cron” system. It consists of a daemon and a table manipulator. You can use it a similar way as the regular cron. The difference is that the inotify cron handles filesystem events rather than time periods.
We can use yum or dnf to install incron on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install incron.
Install incron on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install incron using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install incron
Install incron on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install incron using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install incron
How To Uninstall incron on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the incron package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove incron
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install incron on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
