How To Install systemd-oomd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-oomd
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is systemd-oomd
systemd-oomd is:
systemd-oomd is a system service that uses cgroups-v2 and pressure stall information (PSI) to monitor and take action on processes before an OOM occurs in kernel space.
There are three methods to install systemd-oomd
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install systemd-oomd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-oomd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-oomd
Install systemd-oomd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-oomd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-oomd
Install systemd-oomd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-oomd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-oomd
How To Uninstall systemd-oomd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the systemd-oomd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-oomd
Uninstall systemd-oomd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-oomd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-oomd
Remove systemd-oomd Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-oomd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-oomd
Remove systemd-oomd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-oomd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-oomd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-oomd
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.