How To Install low-memory-monitor on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install low-memory-monitor on Debian 12.
What is low-memory-monitor
low-memory-monitor is:
The Low Memory Monitor is an early boot daemon that will monitor memory pressure information coming from the kernel, and, first, send a signal to user-space applications when memory is running low, and then optionally activate the kernel’s OOM killer when memory is running really low.
There are three methods to install low-memory-monitor on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install low-memory-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install low-memory-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install low-memory-monitor
Install low-memory-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install low-memory-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install low-memory-monitor
Install low-memory-monitor Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install low-memory-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install low-memory-monitor
How To Uninstall low-memory-monitor on Debian 12
To uninstall only the low-memory-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove low-memory-monitor
Uninstall low-memory-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall low-memory-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove low-memory-monitor
Remove low-memory-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove low-memory-monitor configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge low-memory-monitor
Remove low-memory-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove low-memory-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge low-memory-monitor
Dependencies
low-memory-monitor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install low-memory-monitor package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
