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

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ksmtuned 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 "ksmtuned" package

This guide let you learn how to install ksmtuned on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ksmtuned on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ksmtuned package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: ksmtuned
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.20150326
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: 43
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: qemu-kvm
Filename: pool/universe/k/ksmtuned/ksmtuned_4.20150326_amd64.deb
Size: 7444
MD5sum: 0eb3aead51ec7bd2e0790280e5238240
SHA1: 959fafddcda33767ae87fd43c9ec33bd914e4ca0
SHA256: a7303cb304c67c1f2ad72bbc98befdd4f4a886c94677714bd859e74008b3f483
SHA512: 5f4aaeb954a25ad34ed97701f24b1124afbbbde1c14ee85344aae6ac6db57e08153ea37405455ec76582d4aa9603e1b094c8c6145b2fb4aa501f93d355dfcbec
Homepage: https://git.centos.org/summary/rpms!qemu-kvm
Description: enables and tunes Kernel Samepage Merging
Description-md5: cee1adf287c9c4d1367b2f4deb20fdf0