How To Install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8. xsensors is An X11 interface to lm_sensors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xsensors

Xsensors is a simple GUI program that allows you to read useful data from the lm_sensors library in a digital read-out like fashion, such as the temperature, voltage ratings and fan speeds of the running computer.

We can use yum or dnf to install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsensors.

Install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xsensors using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xsensors

Install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xsensors using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xsensors

How To Uninstall xsensors on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xsensors package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xsensors

xsensors Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/xsensors
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/c40ed333da167c0568992e5350a2eecefe74e5
/usr/share/appdata/xsensors.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xsensors.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xsensors
/usr/share/doc/xsensors/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/xsensors/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xsensors/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xsensors/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/xsensors.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xsensors.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/xsensors.png
/usr/share/man/man1/xsensors.1.gz
/usr/share/xsensors/theme.tiff

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.