How to Install Conky:
Installation for (K / X) Ubuntu
To install Conky, no problems, its easy. Simply install the package "conky-all" already present in the official repositories.
Code:
sudo apt-get install conky-all
If you want to have the latest version, you can add these lines to your sources.list:
Code:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/norsetto/ppa/ubuntu VOTRE_VERSION main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/norsetto/ppa/ubuntu VOTRE_VERSION hand
Then just get the key:
Code:
sudo apt-key adv - keyserver.ubuntu.com keyserver - recv-keys 95628707
And it'll just install the package "conky-all". For other Linux. Conky is normally present in your deposits under the name "conky" or "conky-all". If you do not find the package, download in Conky. "Tar.bz2" / ". Tar.gz" on the official site.
How to configure Conky :
Now that Conky is installed, it is necessary to tell him what to display and how it should display. For this, it is necessary to create a file named ". Conkyrc 'in your user folder. To do this, nothing more simple, open your notebook preferred (eg Kate ) And create a file called ". Conkyrc 'in / home / user ("user" is obviously your username). This file will consist of two parts. The first showing all the style settings Conky and the second covering what must Conky display. Both parties are simply separated by the word "TEXT".
In the first part, we will not put anything except these three instructions:
Code:
own_window yes yes update_interval a double_buffer
"Own_window yes" to Conky can run in a window of its own. The line "update_interval 1" indicating that Conky must be updated every one second.
"Double_buffer yes" indicates that the double buffer is enabled, which avoids the annoying flicker. Double buffering mode: it is a technique widely used in 2D games that will ensure that the movement of objects on the screen are fluid (else it flickers and it's ugly)
Your. Conkyrc looks like this:
Code:
own_window yes yes update_interval a double_buffer TEXT
To open and test your Conky. Conkyrc ", nothing more simple, just type" conky "in console.
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