How To Install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 is Daemon that periodically logs sensor readings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64`

Daemon that periodically logs sensor readings to syslog or a round-robin database, and warns of sensor alarms.

We can use yum to install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64.

Install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64

How To Uninstall lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64

lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/sysconfig/sensord
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sensord.service
/usr/sbin/sensord
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-sensord-3.4.0
/usr/share/doc/lm_sensors-sensord-3.4.0/README
/usr/share/man/man8/sensord.8.gz

References

lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lm_sensors-sensord.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.