How To Install systemd-zram-generator on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-zram-generator on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is systemd-zram-generator
systemd-zram-generator is:
This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “zram-generator”:
- zram-generator
There are three methods to install systemd-zram-generator 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-zram-generator 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-zram-generator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemd-zram-generator
Install systemd-zram-generator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systemd-zram-generator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemd-zram-generator
Install systemd-zram-generator 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-zram-generator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemd-zram-generator
How To Uninstall systemd-zram-generator on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the systemd-zram-generator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemd-zram-generator
Uninstall systemd-zram-generator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemd-zram-generator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-zram-generator
Remove systemd-zram-generator Configurations and Data
To remove systemd-zram-generator configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-zram-generator
Remove systemd-zram-generator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemd-zram-generator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-zram-generator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-zram-generator package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
