How to read out processor temperature in Linux!
Under Windows, the CPU temperature can be easily read out with tools such as “coretemp“. Under Linux, this is also quite simple, both on the console and with a graphical tool.
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Installation
Let’s start with the installation, we install the package “lm-sensors”
sudo apt update sudo apt install lm-sensors
Read out CPU temperature
With the “sensors” command, we can now read out the temperature of the CPU and display it on the console.
sensors
Live view
This is only a snapshot, for a permanent display we can use the “watch” command. The following command refreshes the display every 2 seconds.
watch -n 2 sensors
Kernel modules
With newer CPUs, the corresponding kernel modules may need to be activated. If this does not work, install the appropriate kernel module depending on the CPU.
sudo modprobe coretemp # Intel sudo modprobe k10temp # AMD
Graphical GUI tool
There is also a graphical user interface that can be installed:
sudo apt install psensor
