How to Install and Uninstall thinkfan Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "thinkfan" package

This is a short guide on how to install thinkfan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall thinkfan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                thinkfan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the thinkfan package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: thinkfan
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 126
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Evgeni Golov
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/t/thinkfan/thinkfan_0.9.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 32998
MD5sum: 4bd407c743900ff633d956a0b2646c68
SHA1: 66faf92b4c201a0abdee530532d22f2c34450d26
SHA256: c602e594c77b4eb0b91629e07835c8ca31912680d83f509cf2c77a9a10ff4c30
Description-en: simple and lightweight fan control program
Some hardware has a kind of broken fan-control and lets the fan run
faster than really needed. Thinkfan will prevent this by controlling
the fan on its own (the fan speed for each temperature interval can be
adjusted in the configuration file).
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Originally designed specifically for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads,
it supports any kind of system via the sysfs hwmon interface.
It is designed to eat as little CPU power as possible.
Description-md5: e4c293350a0c048fab6b3138fdcb20cc
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinkfan/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu