How To Install ktimer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ktimer on CentOS 7. ktimer is Task Scheduler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ktimer on CentOS 7.

What is ktimer

KTimer is a little tool to execute programs after some time.

We can use yum or dnf to install ktimer on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ktimer.

Install ktimer on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ktimer

Install ktimer 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 ktimer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ktimer

How To Uninstall ktimer on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ktimer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ktimer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.