How To Install lm_sensors-devel on CentOS 8

lm_sensors-devel is Development files for programs which will use lm_sensors Development files for programs which will use lm_sensors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-devel on CentOS 8.

What is lm_sensors-devel

The lm_sensors-devel package includes a header files and libraries for use when building applications that make use of sensor data. lm_sensors-devel 3.4.0 22.20180522git70f7e08.el8 x86_64 33 k lm_sensors-3.4.0-22.20180522git70f7e08.el8.src.rpm baseos Development files for programs which will use lm_sensors http LGPLv2+ and Verbatim 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 or dnf to install lm_sensors-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lm_sensors-devel.

Install lm_sensors-devel 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 lm_sensors-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lm_sensors-devel

Install lm_sensors-devel 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 lm_sensors-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lm_sensors-devel

How To Uninstall lm_sensors-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove lm_sensors-devel

lm_sensors-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.