How To Install mbpfan on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mbpfan
on Fedora 36.
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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mbpfan.
Install mbpfan 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 mbpfan
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mbpfan
Install mbpfan 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 mbpfan
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mbpfan
How To Uninstall mbpfan on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mbpfan
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mbpfan
mbpfan Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/mbpfan.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/01ea8b0c2385806e192b468b616944c0e0d6ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/f548fc2c5be864aecf8bf3c1403e6dcd181403
/usr/lib/systemd/system/mbpfan.service
/usr/sbin/mbpfan
/usr/sbin/mbpfan-tests
/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 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).