Install Conky Manager by issuing the command sudo apt-get install conky-manager
#CONKY CONFIG UPDATE#
Update apt with the command sudo apt-get update
#CONKY CONFIG HOW TO#
Here’s how to install this handy app:Īdd the necessary repository with the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa If you don’t much care for working from the command line, there is a GUI tool, called Conky Manager, that you can install and use.
Figure 3: Our Conky theme, placed where we want it. Save and close the file and restart Conky to place the theme on the right-hand side of your screen ( Figure 3 ). conkyrc file, located the alignment mm line and change it to alignment mr. So, if you want the Qlocktwo Conky theme to reside on the right-hand side of your screen, open up the. Gap_y: Gay, in pixels, from the bottom or top of the screen Gap_x: Gap, in pixels, from the left or right side of the screen If you want to get more refined with your theme positioning, you can use the following variables: With placement, Conky uses the alignment variable with the following options: Fortunately, Conky includes some standard variables that allow you to make various and sundry configuration changes to a theme. Instead, you have to configure the placement of the theme on your desktop. With Conky, you cannot simply click and drag a theme where you want it. Out of the box, that theme is pretty sweet, but maybe you want to, for example, move the theme to the right-hand side of your screen. Let’s continue with our usage of the Clocktwo-Conky theme (for simplicity’s sake). Conky will start up with the currently installed Theme ( Figure 2 ).įigure 2: Conky running with the Qlocktwo-Conky theme.
Because I’m demonstrating on GNOME, you can hit the key combination + and then enter conky in the run dialog. conkyrc file in place, run Conky with the command conky. Rename the qlocktwo file with the command mv qlocktwo. Unzip the file with the command unzip qlocktwoconky_mowglimod*.zip If you’d rather handle the above via the command line, the steps would be (after you’ve downloaded the file to ~/Downloads):Ĭhange to your Downloads directory with the command cd Downloads Select your home folder as the destination for the. In the ~/Downloads folder, you should now see a file called qlocktwo, right-click that folder, select Rename, and rename it.
#CONKY CONFIG ZIP FILE#
Right-click on the qlocktwoconky_mowglimod zip file and select Extract Here Open your file manager and navigate to ~/Downloads To install the qlocktwo-conky theme, you need to follow these instructions:ĭownload the qlocktwo-conky file (from Deviant Art ) into your ~/Downloads folder Let’s install that and then configure it to meet our needs. As a writer, I love words, and this clock theme created by a Deviant Art user, mowgli-writes, displays world time in text. This isn’t just any old clock theme, however. I will demonstrate by showing how to add a clock theme to Conky. Naturally, you’re not going to want to stick with that generic out-of-the-box theme. conkyrc file in your home directory, a standard Conky theme appears ( Figure 1 ). Because of this, what Conky does is read the /etc/conky/nfig file (when no ~/.conkyrc file is present). Out of the box, this file is not created. When prompted, accepted the installation by typing yĬonky relies on the. Issue the command sudo apt-get install conky-all Open up a terminal window (++ does the trick nicely) Installationīecause we’re working with a Ubuntu-based distribution, the installation of Conky couldn’t be easier. I’ll be installing Conky on Ubuntu GNOME. I will show you how to install Conky and then how to make use of one of the many themes to configure Conky to suit your needs. If you look around the Internet (e.g., Deviant Art ), you’ll find tons of Conky themes to display just about any bit of information you need with many variations on the look and feel. A theme instructs Conky what to display and how to display it. Not only can Conky display information about your CPU, memory, swap, disk space, temperature, top, upload, download, system messages… it can display things like world time, calendars, email notifications, weather, battery status… the list goes on and on.Ĭonky works in conjunction with themes. When you peel past the top layer, you will see Conky is actually much more than that. Pacman-contrib provides a script called checkupdates which displays package updates from the official repos.At first blush, Conky is a system monitor that will display pertinent information on your desktop. 11 User-contributed configuration examples.10 Show graphic of active network interface.6 Display a calendar for the current month.
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