How To Install mbpfan on Fedora 34

mbpfan is A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros

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.