Easily enable swap on Ubuntu 16.04 with this easy to use one-liner.
sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile #If fallocate is not available, use #dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=137438883103 #For 128gb sudo chmod 600 /swapfile sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab echo 'vm.swappiness = 10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf echo 'vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf echo "Swap enabled"