How To Install mate-sensors-applet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mate-sensors-applet
mate-sensors-applet is:
MATE Sensors Applet is an applet for the MATE panel that displays readings from hardware sensors, including temperatures, fan speeds and voltage readings.
It can gather data from the following sources:
- ACPI thermal zones, via the Linux kernel ACPI modules
- Linux kernel i2c modules
- lm-sensors (libsensors)
- Linux kernel i8k module (for Dell Inspiron Laptops)
- Linux kernel ibm-acpi module
- Linux kernel PowerPC modules therm_adt746x and therm_windtunnel
- Linux kernel iMac G5 Windfarm module
- hddtemp daemon for reading temperatures from S.M.A.R.T. equipped hard disks
- Linux kernel Omnibook module
- NVIDIA graphics cards (supplied with mate-sensors-applet-nvidia package)
- Linux kernel sonypi module (for Sony Vaio laptops)
Alarms can be set for each sensor to notify the user once a certain high or low value has been reached, and can be configured to execute a given command at given repeated intervals.
There are three methods to install mate-sensors-applet 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 mate-sensors-applet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-sensors-applet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-sensors-applet
Install mate-sensors-applet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-sensors-applet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-sensors-applet
Install mate-sensors-applet 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 mate-sensors-applet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-sensors-applet
How To Uninstall mate-sensors-applet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mate-sensors-applet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-sensors-applet
Uninstall mate-sensors-applet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-sensors-applet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-sensors-applet
Remove mate-sensors-applet Configurations and Data
To remove mate-sensors-applet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-sensors-applet
Remove mate-sensors-applet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-sensors-applet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-sensors-applet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-sensors-applet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
