How To Install prelockd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prelockd
on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prelockd.
Install prelockd 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 prelockd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install prelockd
Install prelockd 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 prelockd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install prelockd
How To Uninstall prelockd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the prelockd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove prelockd
prelockd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/prelockd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/prelockd.service
/usr/sbin/prelockd
/usr/share/doc/prelockd
/usr/share/doc/prelockd/MANPAGE.md
/usr/share/doc/prelockd/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/prelockd
/usr/share/licenses/prelockd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/prelockd.8.gz
/usr/share/prelockd
/usr/share/prelockd/prelockd.conf
/var/lib/prelockd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prelockd
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.