How can I run anacron in user mode?

You can set up a separate anacron instance to run in user mode:

1. Create a .anacron folder in your home directory and in it two subfolders, etc and spool:

   mkdir -p ~/.anacron/{etc,spool}
   

2. Create a new file ~/.anacron/etc/anacrontab with contents similar to the following:

   # /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron
   
   # See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.
   
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
   
   # period  delay  job-identifier  command
   1         10     testjob         test.sh
   

3. Add the following line to your crontab using crontab -e:

   @hourly /usr/sbin/anacron -s -t $HOME/.anacron/etc/anacrontab -S $HOME/.anacron/spool