How to Install and Uninstall libsensors-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libsensors-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libsensors-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libsensors-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libsensors-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libsensors-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                libsensors-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsensors-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libsensors-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.6.0-7ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: lm-sensors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 161
Depends: libsensors5 (= 1:3.6.0-7ubuntu1)
Breaks: libsensors4-dev (<< 1:3.6.0-4)
Replaces: libsensors4-dev (<< 1:3.6.0-4)
Filename: pool/main/l/lm-sensors/libsensors-dev_3.6.0-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 37122
MD5sum: 3b12479bb371834cf32351ea8edb32e7
SHA1: f73228457296eda3239bf3a52689ea60f36cefaa
SHA256: f82d5464b2fa5366cfc00d12399024b73bbeb92d500adecb0358f4f11ac32bb1
SHA512: 8d91c598a951ba7c28f2634e5ee0ea81ad98f951a192b861d54d4743949d4f317adfba3510053b33d6cd21356034a426b77df61f51e295217181d64508e2773c
Homepage: https://hwmon.wiki.kernel.org/lm_sensors
Description: lm-sensors development kit
Description-md5: 2d7502f42006b64593f9e8c68d5d3f57