How to Install and Uninstall ksmtuned Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "ksmtuned" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ksmtuned on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ksmtuned
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ksmtuned" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ksmtuned on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ksmtuned
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ksmtuned package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: ksmtuned
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.20150325build1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: qemu-kvm
Filename: pool/universe/k/ksmtuned/ksmtuned_4.20150325build1_amd64.deb
Size: 7320
MD5sum: 5f8c198c23fa0b3dfa389552c0bd2b41
SHA1: bd66ab46aa447a61dd001441a79cad80e77dbf7a
SHA256: 41949e649a69e9ec8ed34bfd0e99f16c2056898d02a1759acf43b732f5c01918
Homepage: https://git.centos.org/summary/rpms!qemu-kvm
Description: enables and tunes Kernel Samepage Merging
Description-md5: cee1adf287c9c4d1367b2f4deb20fdf0