How To Install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8.
What is gamemode
GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for GNU/Linux that allows games to request a set of optimizations be temporarily applied to the host OS. GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems with the Intel and AMD CPU “powersave” or “ondemand” governors, but is now host to a range of optimisation features and configurations, like tweaking various settings kernel scheduler, the GPU performance mode and gpu overclocking (NVIDIA). It can also excute custom scripts when launching games.
We can use yum or dnf to install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gamemode.
Install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gamemode using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gamemode
Install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gamemode using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gamemode
How To Uninstall gamemode on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the gamemode package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gamemode
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamemode on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.