How To Install zram on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install zram in Fedora 36. zram is ZRAM for swap config and services for Fedora

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zram on Fedora 36.

What is `zram`

ZRAM is a Linux block device that can be used for compressed swap in memory. It’s useful in memory constrained devices. This provides a service to setup ZRAM as a swap device based on criteria such as available memory.

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

Install zram 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 zram using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zram

Install zram 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 zram using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zram

How To Uninstall zram on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the zram package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zram

zram Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/zram.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zram-swap.service
/usr/sbin/zramstart
/usr/sbin/zramstop
/usr/share/licenses/zram
/usr/share/licenses/zram/COPYING

References

zram website

Summary

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