Debian Based

Debian packages are supported for the following distributions:

• >= Debian Bookworm
• >= Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)
• Most other distributions based on the above.
• Kali Linux no longer has the liquidctl package in its official repositories. Use the Cloudsmith repository below or install from upstream as described further down this page.

Note: If your distribution isn't natively supported by Cloudsmith, specify the base distribution it is derived from. See other Cloudsmith options.

Recommended: Quickly set up the Cloudsmith repository automatically:

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https

curl -1sLf \
  'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/coolercontrol/coolercontrol/setup.deb.sh' \
  | sudo -E bash

Install CoolerControl (the daemon package will be installed automatically):

sudo apt update
sudo apt install coolercontrol

sudo systemctl enable --now coolercontrold

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS–based distros (optional)

The Ubuntu package liquidctl is outdated and can cause issues. If you have a fan hub or AIO (e.g., NZXT Smart Device V2 or one of the newer NZXT 2023 Krakens), it is recommended to manually update to the latest version.

There are two ways to accomplish this:

1. Use the liquidctl-git convenience package from the CoolerControl Cloudsmith repository. Note that this will install a bleeding-edge version of liquidctl:

sudo apt install liquidctl-git

2. Manually install the latest version of liquidctl from the liquidctl GitHub repository.

⚠️ Before proceeding, make sure to run the commands outlined above.

sudo pip install liquidctl --upgrade --break-system-packages
sudo systemctl restart coolercontrold

You might need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.