How To Install prelockd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prelockd
on CentOS 7.
What is prelockd
prelockd is a daemon that locks memory mapped binaries and libraries in memory to improve system responsiveness under low-memory conditions.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install prelockd
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prelockd.
Install prelockd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install prelockd
using yum
by running the following command:
Install prelockd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install prelockd
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall prelockd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the prelockd
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prelockd
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.