[ltp] FC3 which package to remove for lm_sensors?

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Eben King wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Kelvin KAN wrote:
>> Alain Volmat wrote:
>>> * Kelvin KAN [Tue, 15 Feb 2005 at 09:50 +0800]
>>>>
>>>> I just installed FC3 on my T42 from DVD and chose the option "Install
>>>> Everything"
>
> Well that was a mistake.
>
>>>> But I found lm_sensors is installed by default,
>
> That's why.

kdebase seems to depend on lm_sensors, so if you want KDE at all, you
need to install lm_sensors.  "Install Everything" isn't the only
option that will install it, so I wouldn't worry.

>> Thanks!  On attempt to remove it, RPM complained about many dependencies
>> on many other packages, so I rather just leave it as is, but prohibit it
>> from running by chkconfig off it at all run-levels.
>
> You can also do "chkconfig --del lm_sensors",

I'd leave it included in chkconfig and just turn the service off:

# chkconfig lm_sensors off

in case an update re-added it and re-enabled it at runlevels 2345.
You can check it's off with chkconfig --list lm_sensors.  To turn it
off right now:

# service lm_sensors stop

> or the brute-force method
> would be going behind rpm's back and removing every file that came from
> that package.

But don't!!  Please please don't do this - you'll break the
consistency of the RPM database.

>> But I am wondering why I could not find lm_sensors on the pre-install
>> screens and the Linux AddRemoveApp program.
>
> No idea.  Maybe it's not considered an App so it's not listed?  Never used
> those utilities.

Because if something so basic as kdebase depends on it, very hard to
remove.  Daft, in my opinion.

Honey