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====== BASH - Directories - Place /tmp on a tmpfs partition ======

<WRAP important>
**WARNING:**  Only follow these instructions if your system had at least 4GB memory!

Because then this tweak won't make them faster, but (much) slower.
</WRAP>

Speed up your system a bit by placing **/tmp** on a tmpfs partition.

Any temporary files will not be placed on the hard disk anymore, but on a virtual RAM disk instead.

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<code bash>
sudo cp -v /usr/share/systemd/tmp.mount /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable tmp.mount
</code>

Reboot your computer.

After the reboot, check whether it works:

<code bash>
systemctl status tmp.mount
</code>

By  default, a tmpfs partition has its maximum size set to half your total RAM.

The actual memory consumption depends on how much you fill it up, as a tmpfs partition doesn't consume any memory until it is actually needed.

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===== To undo tmpfs =====

<code bash>
sudo rm -v /etc/systemd/system/tmp.mount
</code>

Reboot.