How To Install kcron on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcron on Rocky Linux 8. kcron is Cron KDE configuration module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcron on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `kcron`

Systemsettings module for the cron task scheduler.

We can use yum or dnf to install kcron on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kcron.

Install kcron on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kcron using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kcron

Install kcron on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kcron using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kcron

How To Uninstall kcron on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the kcron package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kcron

kcron Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/4bbb942141e9d9ea8b599f95d38a682afa00eb
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/kcm_cron.so
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ca/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/es/kcontrol5/kcron/print.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/et/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/kcron.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/fr/kcontrol5/kcron/print.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/it/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/nl/kcontrol5/kcron/print.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/kcron.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt/kcontrol5/kcron/print.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/pt_BR/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/sv/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron/index.docbook
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron/kcronstart.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron/newtask.png
/usr/share/doc/HTML/uk/kcontrol5/kcron/newvariable.png
/usr/share/doc/kcron
/usr/share/doc/kcron/README
/usr/share/kservices5/kcm_cron.desktop
/usr/share/licenses/kcron
/usr/share/licenses/kcron/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/kcron.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/org.kde.kcron.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/qlogging-categories5/kcron.categories

References

kcron website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kcron on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.