How To Install gamemode on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamemode on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gamemode
gamemode is:
GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for Linux that allows games to request a set of optimisations be temporarily applied to the host OS.
The design has a clear-cut abstraction between the host daemon and library (gamemoded and libgamemode), and the client loaders (libgamemodeauto and gamemode_client.h) that allows for safe use without worrying about whether the daemon is installed or running. This design also means that while the host library currently relies on systemd for exchanging messages with the daemon, it’s entirely possible to implement other internals that still work with the same clients.
GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems with the Intel and AMD CPU powersave or ondemand governors, but is intended to be expanded beyond just CPU governor states, as there are a wealth of automation tasks one might want to apply.
This package is a metapackage including everything that is necessary to run gamemode-enabled games or to enable it by hand for applications. It includes a program called ‘/usr/games/gamemoderun’, which can invoke gamemode into any application. It also includes ‘/usr/games/gamemode-simulate-game’, which invokes gamemode, sleeps for 10 seconds and then exits. This allows you to test whether gamemode is working properly on your system, it will return gamemode’s error message if something went wrong, otherwise it will exit with a 0 status.
There are three methods to install gamemode on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gamemode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gamemode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gamemode
Install gamemode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gamemode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gamemode
Install gamemode 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 gamemode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gamemode
How To Uninstall gamemode on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gamemode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gamemode
Uninstall gamemode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gamemode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gamemode
Remove gamemode Configurations and Data
To remove gamemode configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gamemode
Remove gamemode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gamemode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gamemode
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gamemode package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
