How To Install xsensors on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on CentOS 7.
What is xsensors
Xsensors is a simple GUI program that allows you to read useful data from the lm_sensors library in a digital read-out like fashion, such as the temperature, voltage ratings and fan speeds of the running computer.
We can use yum or dnf to install xsensors on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsensors.
Install xsensors on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xsensors using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xsensors
Install xsensors on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xsensors using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xsensors
How To Uninstall xsensors on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xsensors package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xsensors
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.