How To Install memavaild on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install memavaild on Rocky Linux 8. memavaild is Improve responsiveness during heavy swapping

Introduction

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

What is memavaild

Improve responsiveness during heavy swapping

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

Install memavaild 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 memavaild using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install memavaild

Install memavaild 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 memavaild using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install memavaild

How To Uninstall memavaild on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove memavaild

memavaild Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/memavaild.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/memavaild.service
/usr/sbin/memavaild
/usr/share/doc/memavaild
/usr/share/doc/memavaild/MANPAGE.md
/usr/share/doc/memavaild/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/memavaild
/usr/share/licenses/memavaild/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/memavaild.8.gz
/usr/share/memavaild
/usr/share/memavaild/memavaild.conf

References

Summary

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