How To Install nohang on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nohang on Rocky Linux 8. nohang is Sophisticated low memory handler for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nohang on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nohang`

Nohang is a highly configurable daemon for Linux which is able to correctly prevent out of memory (OOM) and keep system responsiveness in low memory conditions. To enable and start systemctl enable –now nohang

We can use yum or dnf to install nohang on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nohang.

Install nohang on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nohang using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nohang

Install nohang on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nohang using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nohang

How To Uninstall nohang on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove nohang

nohang Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/nohang
/etc/nohang/nohang.conf
/usr/bin/oom-sort
/usr/bin/psi-top
/usr/bin/psi2log
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nohang.service
/usr/sbin/nohang
/usr/share/doc/nohang
/usr/share/doc/nohang/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/nohang/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nohang
/usr/share/licenses/nohang/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/oom-sort.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psi-top.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/psi2log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nohang.8.gz
/usr/share/nohang/nohang.conf
/usr/share/nohang/version

References

nohang website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nohang on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.