How To Install ksensors on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ksensors in Fedora 36. ksensors is KDE frontend to lm_sensors

Introduction

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

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ksensors.

Install ksensors 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 ksensors using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksensors

Install ksensors 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 ksensors using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksensors

How To Uninstall ksensors on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ksensors

ksensors Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/xdg/autostart/ksensors.desktop
/usr/bin/ksensors
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/1d7ad30f94e54e723b454d8c3e0afa1818c2ad
/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

Summary

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