How To Install ksmtuned on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksmtuned on Fedora 34.
What is ksmtuned
Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) is a memory-saving de-duplication feature, that merges anonymous (private) pages (not pagecache ones). This package provides service files for disabling (ksm) and tuning (ksmtuned)
We can use yum or dnf to install ksmtuned on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ksmtuned.
Install ksmtuned on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ksmtuned using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ksmtuned
Install ksmtuned on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ksmtuned using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ksmtuned
How To Uninstall ksmtuned on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ksmtuned package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ksmtuned
ksmtuned Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/ksmtuned.conf
/etc/sysconfig/ksm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/f325c83943383ae2b214b9f996da8df21c88c5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksm.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ksmtuned.service
/usr/libexec/ksmctl
/usr/sbin/ksmtuned
/usr/share/licenses/ksmtuned
/usr/share/licenses/ksmtuned/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksmtuned on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.