NTP on Oracle Linux 8

How to build and run NTP and not chronyd on Oracle Linux 8

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Introduction

NTP or Network Time Protocol is an old and vastly used protocol which is used to synchronize time on computers over the network. This protocol is stable and actively supported. But RHEL Linux 8(on which Oracle Linux 8 is based), NTP is no longer supported and is being replaced a new…