How to Install and Uninstall earlyoom Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "earlyoom" package

This guide let you learn how to install earlyoom on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall earlyoom on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: earlyoom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.2-1
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_1.6.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 26724
MD5sum: 6c7a018a962c727777227110ef68e9bc
SHA1: 754d2b5abd264515d5254289791d5fdbb6463cc0
SHA256: 38507009a2070dbfab4b05e15d43e669cbd571281ed10b6c25c678ea1b519af4
SHA512: 6c44d4821c0d734d2c71e0a0af5e671bccea91bc4cee2a3d1df934b3f35ccdefd3d184290f94fee201321f5b918e737efd20122af50b370078f5df94957a6047
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