How To Install libsensors4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsensors4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsensors4
libsensors4 is:
Lm-sensors is a hardware health monitoring package for Linux. It allows you to access information from temperature, voltage, and fan speed sensors. It works with most newer systems.
This library is only functional with a Linux kernel, it is provided on non-Linux systems for portability reasons only.
This package contains a shared library for querying lm-sensors.
There are three methods to install libsensors4 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsensors4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsensors4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsensors4
Install libsensors4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsensors4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsensors4
Install libsensors4 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsensors4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsensors4
How To Uninstall libsensors4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsensors4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsensors4
Uninstall libsensors4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsensors4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsensors4
Remove libsensors4 Configurations and Data
To remove libsensors4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsensors4
Remove libsensors4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsensors4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsensors4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsensors4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
