How to Install and Uninstall libsensors5 Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libsensors5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libsensors5 on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsensors5" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsensors5 on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsensors5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsensors5 package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: libsensors5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.6.0-7ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: lm-sensors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 96
Depends: libsensors-config, libc6 (>= 2.33)
Suggests: lm-sensors
Filename: pool/main/l/lm-sensors/libsensors5_3.6.0-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 26346
MD5sum: 8a94e8d490a6cc655d90f3e72bc4ff13
SHA1: a3a78856f8c1c4ae9c2405c4b35cd6f1fc5628c3
SHA256: 8059077962c3109ac789dd16dcd0e68fdfce9e398cded0881803d677963f8d5f
SHA512: 80026a92a86609bbafad5a01ed700fbd81c06d5a832715c5dc898ea3cc43e008c976e6bdf0ac79eaa2c8204c65d5f205e13c2171b14838ec4a02d7edb3f6a261
Homepage: https://hwmon.wiki.kernel.org/lm_sensors
Description: library to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
Description-md5: 369bc8769ec74bda1a1726b61f1c8e49
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, postgresql-server, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi