Install Conky Manager Conky is a free, open source and lightweight system monitor tool for Linux and BSD system. Conky displays the system information and statistics such as CPU load, Memory usage, Hard drive usage, Network activity, GPU temperature, fan. There is a great installation guide over at Nova Spirit Tech. I have copied it for your convenience below. How to Install Conky: I am sorry to say that there is no GUI install for Conky so we are going to have it install it from the command line. Open a terminal window and copy and paste the BLUE CODE below: sudo apt-get install conky -y. Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install conky-manager Install Conky Manager in Fedora and Arch-based Linux distributions. Conky Manager is available to install from AUR. You can get it from there. Fedora users can get the RPM from this link. I am not sure if it is well supported though.
Project page: https://github.com/teejee2008/conky-manager
Conky Manager is a graphical front-end for managing Conky config files. It provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on the system. Packages are currently available in Launchpad for Ubuntu and derivatives (Linux Mint, etc).
Features
- Start/Stop, Browse and Edit Conky themes
- Run Conky on system startup
- Options to change location, transparency and size of Conky widget window
- Options to change time and network interface
Screenshots
Themes
Most of the themes are from DeviantArt and the Eye Candy Linux community on Google+.
User Manual
A complementary user manual is now available for all users who have contributed to this project either through donations or by translating the application to other languages. The manual has a detailed description of the functionality along with steps required for creating theme packs and for fixing common issues.
If you wish to receive a copy of the user manual please consider leaving a donation using the PayPal link below. A copy will be sent to you by email. If you have already donated to this project you do not need to donate again.
Installation
Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)
If you are using Ubuntu or its derivatives (like Xubuntu, Linux Mint, etc) you can install it from the Launchpad PPA. Builds are available for the following Ubuntu releases:
- 13.10 (saucy)
- 14.04 (trusty)
- 14.10 (utopic)
For any other release, you can install it using the DEB files given below.
conky-manager-latest-i386.deb (32-bit, 1 MB)
conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit, 1 MB)
To install from PPA, type the following commands one by one in a terminal window:
Updates will be installed automatically if you have enabled automatic updates enabled on your system. The package can also be updated manually by running the install command again.
Debian
The DEB files are available from following links:
conky-manager-latest-i386.deb (32-bit, 1 MB)
conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit, 1 MB)
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Disclaimer
This program is free for personal and commercial use and comes with absolutely no warranty. The author will not be liable for any damages arising from the use of this program.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
This simple tutorial shows how to install Conky Manager, a graphical front-end for Conky system monitor, in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Conky is a light-weight system monitor that displays any kind of information on your desktop.
Conky Manager is a graphical tool that manages Conky config files. It provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on the system.
Install Conky and Conky Manager in Ubuntu 20.04:
The “Linux Mint Türkiye” team PPA contains Conky manager packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04.
1.) Open terminal from your system application launcher. Then run command to add the PPA:
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter to continue.
Conky Manager
2.) Then install Conky as well as Conky Manager via commands:
Package conky-manager-extra contains a list of conky config files and themes.
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Finally launch Conky Manager from your system application launcher, choose a widget or theme, run it, and enjoy!
Known issues and solutions:
The default list of widgets and themes has some running issues on my Ubuntu 20.04 desktop.
Choose the config file from the list, then click on the pencil icon to edit it via text editor. When the file opens, do:
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- Remove conky window border, title buttons:
If conky starts as a separate window with close, minimize, maximize buttons, you can remove them and make conky stick on your desktop by:
change
own_window_type normaltoown_window_type desktop - Set transparent conky background:
To set the conky background transparency, add (or set value if exist) following lines (change number 0 to get semi-transparent):
Uninstall Conky, Conky Manager:
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It’s recommended to remove the Conky Manager PPA after installed the packages as it contains many other software packages you may don’t want:
If you want to remove Conky as well as Conky manager run command: