How To Install lm_sensors on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors on Fedora 34.
What is lm_sensors
The lm_sensors package includes a collection of modules for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring.
We can use yum or dnf to install lm_sensors on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lm_sensors.
Install lm_sensors 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 lm_sensors using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lm_sensors
Install lm_sensors 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 lm_sensors using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lm_sensors
How To Uninstall lm_sensors on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the lm_sensors package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lm_sensors
lm_sensors Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/sensors.d
/etc/sensors3.conf
/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors
/usr/bin/sensors
/usr/bin/sensors-conf-convert
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/ccff8838bab1811f233ea5b562dc98673a5d92
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/b2fe3624da617a4c1e29adbc3dcd3663a84384
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/a6ac7ef4d8ac905d086c18b937f744aae0a96c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/150f3b08ec35b83339af063e09f193bfa9bebe
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fancontrol.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/lm_sensors.service
/usr/libexec/lm_sensors
/usr/libexec/lm_sensors/lm_sensors-modprobe-r-wrapper
/usr/libexec/lm_sensors/lm_sensors-modprobe-wrapper
/usr/libexec/lm_sensors/lm_sensors-wrapper
/usr/sbin/fancontrol
/usr/sbin/isadump
/usr/sbin/isaset
/usr/sbin/pwmconfig
/usr/sbin/sensors-detect
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/README
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/README.initscripts
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers/applications
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers/lm_sensors.lsm
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers/makefiles
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers/release_checklist
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/developers/smbus_company_id
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/donations
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/fan-divisors
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/fancontrol.txt
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/git
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/libsensors-API.txt
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/progs
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/temperature-sensors
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/doc/vid
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors/fancontrol.init
/usr/share/licenses/lm_sensors
/usr/share/licenses/lm_sensors/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/sensors.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sensors.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sensors3.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fancontrol.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isadump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isaset.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pwmconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sensors-conf-convert.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sensors-detect.8.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
