How to Install and Uninstall earlyoom Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the earlyoom on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "earlyoom" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install earlyoom on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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: Early OOM Daemon
Description-md5: af2528669e45f838534ad3de7a75b3d4