How to Install and Uninstall earlyoom Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "earlyoom" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install earlyoom on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall earlyoom on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                earlyoom
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the earlyoom package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: earlyoom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Yangfl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.2-14), libc6 (>= 2.17)
Filename: pool/universe/e/earlyoom/earlyoom_1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 25788
MD5sum: c19341f9ea85a6056158ca95d452df31
SHA1: eed9c503c46b735faff02363a88f74b5669fba9e
SHA256: 93a59d6178ec68911e382646f062554c5b419f1333f11ceae1d172636721a14e
SHA512: 5a8efdbba8f97b639be96e102141a016c80e6e5ebc476f38d496c6bd57109244d0a36f347c34c50d083840e9f0944cb3984a52f54fd653e85c59a86114be1fea
Homepage: https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom
Description-en: Early OOM Daemon
Earlyoom is an userspace OOM-killer which can avoid the system to get into
unresponsive state caused by swapping, which is most likely to occur when a
large swap is present and memory is tight. It checks the amount of available
memory and swap periodically, and when both are below a preconfigured value,
it kills the largest process.
Description-md5: af2528669e45f838534ad3de7a75b3d4