How To Install xsensors on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xsensors
xsensors is:
xsensors reads data from the libsensors library regarding hardware health such as temperature, voltage and fan speed and displays the information in a digital read-out.
There are three methods to install xsensors 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 xsensors Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsensors using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsensors
Install xsensors Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsensors using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsensors
Install xsensors 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 xsensors using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsensors
How To Uninstall xsensors on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xsensors package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsensors
Uninstall xsensors And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsensors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsensors
Remove xsensors Configurations and Data
To remove xsensors configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsensors
Remove xsensors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsensors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsensors
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsensors package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
