How To Install mbpfan on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbpfan on Fedora 34.
What is mbpfan
This is an enhanced version of Allan McRae mbpfan mbpfan is a daemon that uses input from coretemp module and sets the fan speed using the applesmc module. This enhanced version assumes any number of processors and fans (max. 10). * It only uses the temperatures from the processors as input. * It requires coretemp and applesmc kernel modules to be loaded. * It requires root use * It daemonizes or stays in foreground * Verbose mode for both syslog and stdout * Users can configure it using the file /etc/mbpfan.conf
We can use yum or dnf to install mbpfan on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mbpfan.
Install mbpfan 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 mbpfan using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mbpfan
Install mbpfan 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 mbpfan using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mbpfan
How To Uninstall mbpfan on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mbpfan package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mbpfan
mbpfan Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/mbpfan.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/77f52cad70ef71efb0103dad3ff68ebcb57844
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mbpfan.service
/usr/sbin/mbpfan
/usr/share/doc/mbpfan
/usr/share/doc/mbpfan/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mbpfan/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mbpfan
/usr/share/licenses/mbpfan/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/mbpfan.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbpfan on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.