How To Install ksensors on Fedora 34

ksensors is KDE frontend to lm_sensors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ksensors on Fedora 34.

What is `ksensors`

KSensors is a nice lm-sensors frontend for the K Desktop Environment. Install the hddtemp package if you wish to monitor hard disk temperatures with KSensors.

We can use yum or dnf to install ksensors on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ksensors.

Install ksensors on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install ksensors

Install ksensors on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install ksensors

How To Uninstall ksensors on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ksensors

ksensors Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/autostart/ksensors.desktop
/usr/bin/ksensors
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/ebc78fa817ca59946310a511095dd5854ce899
/usr/share/applications/ksensors.desktop
/usr/share/apps/ksensors
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/ksensorsui.rc
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/battery.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/battery18x18.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/computers.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/cooler.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/cooler18x18.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/earth.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/harddisk.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/ksensorsbackground.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/ksensorsdocked.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/ksensorssplash.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/motherboard.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/thermometer.png
/usr/share/apps/ksensors/pics/thermometer18x18.png
/usr/share/doc/ksensors
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/LEEME
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/LIESMICH
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/LISEZMOI
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/README
/usr/share/doc/ksensors/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/ksensors.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/ksensors.png
/usr/share/licenses/ksensors
/usr/share/licenses/ksensors/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/ksensors.mo
/usr/share/sounds/ksensors_alert.wav

References

ksensors website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ksensors on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.