How To Install zram-config on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zram-config
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is zram-config
zram-config is:
This installs a simple Upstart job to enable zram support on kernels that have the module available. Task: lubuntu-live
There are three methods to install zram-config
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 zram-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zram-config
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zram-config
Install zram-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zram-config
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zram-config
Install zram-config 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 zram-config
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zram-config
How To Uninstall zram-config on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the zram-config
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zram-config
Uninstall zram-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zram-config
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zram-config
Remove zram-config Configurations and Data
To remove zram-config
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zram-config
Remove zram-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zram-config
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zram-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zram-config
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.