How to Install lm-sensors software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install lm-sensors software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

lm-sensors software package provides utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors 

lm-sensors is installed in your system.

Make ensure the lm-sensors package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lm-sensors *

You will get with lm-sensors package name, version, architecture and description in a table

lm-sensors package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package lm-sensors
Version 1:3.3.4-2ubuntu1
Description utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lm-sensors software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?