How To Install lm_sensors on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors on Fedora 36.
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 36. 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 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
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 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
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 36
To uninstall only the lm_sensors package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lm_sensors
lm_sensors Package Contents on Fedora 36
/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/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/ee18b48fc0f994b8e9a8e73c683e1defec748f
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/3d532997ec905fd707f5808f63b9aa3bc8044b
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/8b95d8721446696c4aaff1f991a7a2c2a5aeae
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/7488a32d3eb1913df836306b427163a6992d7e
/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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
