How to Install and Uninstall gamemode.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 14,2025

1. Install "gamemode.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install gamemode.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gamemode.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall gamemode.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gamemode.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : gamemode
Version : 1.5
Release : 2.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 89 k
Source : gamemode-1.5-2.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Optimize system performance for games on demand
URL : https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode
License : BSD
Description : GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for GNU/Linux that allows games to
: request a set of optimizations be temporarily applied to the host OS.
: GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems
: with the Intel and AMD CPU "powersave" or "ondemand" governors, but is
: now host to a range of optimisation features and configurations, like
: tweaking various settings: the CPU govenor, the I/O priority, the
: kernel scheduler, the GPU performance mode and gpu overclocking
: (NVIDIA). It can also excute custom scripts when launching games.