How To Install digitemp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install digitemp on CentOS 8.
What is digitemp
DigiTemp is a simple to use console application for reading values from Dallas Semiconductor 1-wire devices. Its main use is for reading temperature sensors, but it also reads counters and understands the 1-wire hubs with devices on different branches of the network. DigiTemp now supports the following 1-wire temperature sensors the DS2438 Smart Battery Monitor, DS2422 and DS2423 Counters, DS2409 MicroLAN Coupler (used in 1-wire hubs) and the AAG TAI-8540 humidity sensor.
We can use yum or dnf to install digitemp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install digitemp.
Install digitemp on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install digitemp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install digitemp
Install digitemp on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install digitemp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install digitemp
How To Uninstall digitemp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the digitemp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove digitemp
digitemp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/digitemp_DS2490
/usr/bin/digitemp_DS9097
/usr/bin/digitemp_DS9097U
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/2b93565918ae8d1d5bba4f25cc91f7a93e001d
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/b6399cf416d986b08dada9004b49d65af882c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/0662722ee1016b6862472fa217272b77af0243
/usr/share/doc/digitemp
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/DS9097_Schematic.gif
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/README
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/TODO
/usr/share/doc/digitemp/dthowto.txt
/usr/share/licenses/digitemp
/usr/share/licenses/digitemp/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/digitemp/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/digitemp.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install digitemp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
