How To Install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 is Development files for programs which will use lm_sensors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is lm_sensors-devel.x86_64

The lm_sensors-devel package includes a header files and libraries for use when building applications that make use of sensor data.

We can use yum to install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64.

Install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lm_sensors-devel.x86_64

lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/include/sensors
/usr/include/sensors/error.h
/usr/include/sensors/sensors.h
/usr/lib64/libsensors.so
/usr/share/man/man3/libsensors.3.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.