CPU temperature monitor for 14.04LTS?

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Is there a way to configure psensor so the temperatures read out in real time in the panel so it could be read at a glance? So far, in order to read the temperature I have to click on the applet indicator. On 12.04 I had a Hardware Indicator Sensors by Alex Murray that did that job fine but it doesn't work in 14.04 (can anyone verify? I'm getting an "E: Unable to locate package indicator-sensors"). I ended up starting to use psensor again and it only shows the temp in Unity (my Unity is on auto hide).

possible duplicate of Is there a hardware temperature sensor indicator? — imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev, Sep 06 '15 at 12:57
11.04 (Natty) is the first Ubuntu release to use Unity as the user interface, and not Gnome. So the question is about a temperature indicator for Unity, the same question as http://askubuntu.com/questions/33976/is-there-a-hardware-temperature-sensor-indicator — imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev, Sep 06 '15 at 12:58
I think this thread is outdated. I cannot duplicate anymore such a problem with psensor in 14.04. I think the packages listed in the answers should not be used. The default deps lm-sensors hddtemp psensor work better. — Léo Léopold Hertz 준영, Jan 01 '16 at 22:51

JeanFI · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-02T18:10:04.773

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See http://wpitchoune.net/blog/sensors-in-the-top-bar-of-the-desktop/.

It has been added in psensor since the release 1.0.2.

Basically, with a terminal:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install psensor

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answered Apr 22 '14 at 01:20

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Wow, it looks great. I can't wait. The nice thing about psensor is the notification alarms. Yeah, I could run indicator-sensors and psensor at the same time but I tend to like a cleaner panel. – LuckyBearing Apr 24 '14 at 05:44
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you dont need to add ppa on Ubuntu 15.04 – Alex Jones May 04 '15 at 17:46
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It has a GUI as well. Great answer. +1 – Anindya Chatterjee May 05 '15 at 06:27
psensor is a great tool, it should be the accepted answer – AbdelHady Aug 17 '15 at 16:37
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How do I get the temperatures to show up in the bar like the screenshot in the link has? – simbabque Aug 18 '15 at 14:43
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simbabque That is a so-called experimental setting you find in Sensor Preferences (not the main Preferences dialog), in the "Application Indicator" tab. – Paul Stelian Jan 08 '16 at 09:24

shawn221 · Answer 2 · 2014-04-18T17:31:39.713

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Try this: Go to your Dash and open Software and Updates. Go the other software tab and try to add it from there by pressing add. Add "ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors-daily" excluding the quotes and add. Check the box next to the source in the list of sources. Open a terminal and try:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sensors

If that doesnt work, try to install it from Synaptic Package Manager. (To get it): sudo apt-get install synaptic Open Synaptic and search indicator-sensors. Right click on it and click Mark For Installation. Click Apply and let it install.

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answered Apr 18 '14 at 17:04

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I'm getting an "E: Unable to locate package indicator-sensors". – LuckyBearing Apr 18 '14 at 17:17
I updated the post, try again. – shawn221 Apr 18 '14 at 17:18
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I just now got the same E:unable to locate – David Apr 18 '14 at 17:23
I tried it with the updated post too. Same thing. – LuckyBearing Apr 18 '14 at 17:24
Try this. I updated it again. – shawn221 Apr 18 '14 at 17:51
"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors-daily" does work and it does show up in the Software & Updates under Other Software. The install results in an Unable to locate.
Manually adding the ppa in the Software and Updates is a no go either. Don't you need an http location? just adding "ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors-daily" does nothing and won't show up on the list or in Synaptics
– LuckyBearing Apr 18 '14 at 17:58
Try this then: I went into my apt cache and took the deb file for the indicator-sensors package. Install this deb from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xbpy1zh8q0hm9to/indicator-sensors_0.7-1_amd64.deb?dl=1&token_hash=AAGl7nkz_JS6Uy3PDEaWkYpq8Jw9AV5Hn5f1nOxn9lfFMQ – shawn221 Apr 18 '14 at 18:15
I'm having the same problems as the OP. Something is wrong with that ppa. All other ppa:s work for me. – ajdev8 Apr 19 '14 at 19:24
The deb you provided is the saucy version from ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors/, I think, not the trusty version from ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors-daily/. – ajdev8 Apr 19 '14 at 19:26
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If you check "view package details" at ppa:alexmurray/indicator-sensors-daily/ you'll see that the trusty package did not build properly. – ajdev8 Apr 19 '14 at 19:43
So.. is there any update? I'm still getting "E: Unable to locate package indicator-sensors" from the daily ppa on 14.04 – user27401 Apr 23 '14 at 08:39
I used the deb file as provided in trusty it is working fine. – LuckyBearing Apr 24 '14 at 06:02
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Alex Murray has kindly updated his ppa and the trusty package is now available at https://launchpad.net/~alexmurray/+archive/indicator-sensors-daily – ajdev8 May 10 '14 at 02:46

CPU temperature monitor for 14.04LTS?

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