How To Install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-oomd-defaults in Fedora 36. systemd-oomd-defaults is Configuration files for systemd-oomd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36.

What is systemd-oomd-defaults

A set of drop-in files for systemd units to enable action from systemd-oomd, a userspace out-of-memory (OOM) killer.

We can use yum or dnf to install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemd-oomd-defaults.

Install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install systemd-oomd-defaults using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemd-oomd-defaults

Install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install systemd-oomd-defaults using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemd-oomd-defaults

How To Uninstall systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the systemd-oomd-defaults package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemd-oomd-defaults

systemd-oomd-defaults Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/systemd/oomd.conf.d
/usr/lib/systemd/oomd.conf.d/10-oomd-defaults.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/-.slice.d/10-oomd-root-slice-defaults.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]/10-oomd-user-service-defaults.conf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-oomd-defaults on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).