How To Install ksmtuned on Fedora 34

ksmtuned is Kernel Samepage Merging services

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.