How To Install hddtemp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddtemp in Fedora 36. hddtemp is Hard disk temperature tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddtemp on Fedora 36.

What is hddtemp

hddtemp is a tool that gives you the temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. information.

We can use yum or dnf to install hddtemp on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hddtemp.

Install hddtemp on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install hddtemp

Install hddtemp on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install hddtemp

How To Uninstall hddtemp on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove hddtemp

hddtemp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pam.d/hddtemp
/etc/security/console.apps/hddtemp
/etc/sysconfig/hddtemp
/usr/bin/hddtemp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/ad99aa1d2c8da8cd7766baaf355d09f70ee011
/usr/lib/systemd/system/hddtemp.service
/usr/sbin/hddtemp
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/README
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/TODO
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/changelog.debian
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/README
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/analyze
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/analyze/graph-field.sh
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/analyze/hddtemp_monitor.sh
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/analyze/plot-field.pl
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/crash.c
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/hddtemp-all.sh
/usr/share/doc/hddtemp/contribs/wminfo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/hddtemp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/hddtemp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/hddtemp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/hddtemp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/hddtemp.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/hddtemp.8.gz
/usr/share/misc/hddtemp.db

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddtemp on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).