How To Install lm_sensors-sensord on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-sensord on CentOS 8.
What is lm_sensors-sensord
Daemon that periodically logs sensor readings to syslog or a round-robin database, and warns of sensor alarms.
We can use yum or dnf to install lm_sensors-sensord on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lm_sensors-sensord.
Install lm_sensors-sensord 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-sensord using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lm_sensors-sensord
Install lm_sensors-sensord 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-sensord using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lm_sensors-sensord
How To Uninstall lm_sensors-sensord on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lm_sensors-sensord package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lm_sensors-sensord
lm_sensors-sensord Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/sysconfig/sensord
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/2865f95807d2811de11e071d06cfcf974c42c0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sensord.service
/usr/libexec/lm_sensors/sensord-service-wrapper
/usr/sbin/sensord
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-sensord
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-sensord/README
/usr/share/man/man8/sensord.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-sensord on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.