How To Install pagein on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagein on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pagein
pagein is:
pagein will attempt to swap in pages that are currently swapped out to make the pages resident in memory. It is mainly useful for testing the VM subsystem.
There are three methods to install pagein on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pagein Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pagein using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pagein
Install pagein Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pagein using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pagein
Install pagein 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pagein using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pagein
How To Uninstall pagein on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pagein package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pagein
Uninstall pagein And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pagein and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pagein
Remove pagein Configurations and Data
To remove pagein configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pagein
Remove pagein configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pagein configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pagein
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagein package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.