Conky System Monitor on My Desktop. How to Install and Configure It on Linux

In this video I show how to set up Conky - the best system monitor widget for your desktop. It can display cpu load, network traffic, time, memory usage, temperatures, list processes and much more!
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[@heikokraemer2735]

Man, I've spent the whole Saturday styling that thing and transforming it into a 4-column horizontal layout. Was more complicated as I thought. You've to build the screen left to right, line by line … wasn't used to think that way, but found a good method in the end to process that sorting task with Vim. I'm quite happy with the outcome, will tweak it further over time for sure. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@LacerdaJPF]

Friend I was searching for a long time a good tutorial on conky and finally I have found it. Very good explanation, especially the one about the sensors. Once more Thank you.

[@NeonCipher]

Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it.

[@bertnijhof5413]

Good explanation from somebody, who uses conky for approx 10 years. With the ${exec....) and ${execbar.... } you can show any values you want. I use those command to display the values of my Vega-8 iGPU and from L1ARC (ZFS mem cache); datapool & dataset sizes of ZFS.

[@ScriptStudios]

Hey, your conky config file is wrong I think. top sorts by CPU top_mem by Memory top_time by CPU Time. You config file uses: ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} % Which means you get the name of the top memory using process and the memory usage of the top cpu using process. E.g. the two values can and will point to different processes. Meaning if you want the Top 5 by Memory and the corresponding CPU Usage you need to use: ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1} % Correct me if I am wrong :) PS: Thank you very much for making this video without it I wouldn't be using conky.

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! You are right, thank you very much! I fixed and reuploaded the config file.

[@pandeliriumstudio]

Here is a modified variant of the well known "MXKoO" conky... I've added a few items and rearranged as well. Remember that this was configured for my system (Mint), so some pointers to system resources may vary and need to be changed to function.

[@hijacking5]

conky: Syntax error (/root/.config/conky/conky.conf:2: unexpected symbol near '#') while reading config file. conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: [string "..."]:159: attempt to call a nil value (global 'loadstring')

[@bulcub]

Very good explanation of how to use Conky!

[@NeonCipher]

Thank you for the kind words and the subscription! :-)

[@user-lf1ox9kb2n]

Thanks @Neon for this wonderful tutorial on conky and elaborate explanation on the inner configuration settings. I've managed to set it up for my hp laptop PC, to correctly display temperature info from the two cores of the CPU and data stream info through the WiFi adapter. I've also set it up to run during system startup which will make it appear at system boot. However, sometime later it'd always disappear from my Desktop but when I go look in the processor list it'd be right there. So, I'd have to launch it in the terminal and it'd re-appear but then again, it'd disappear later on. If I go check the processor list, I'd then see two instances of the conky application each with its own unique PID. So, I learned I'd get another instance of the application every time I launch it in the terminal. Needless to say, but these many instances of the application would hog computer resources thereby decreasing performance. I thought there's got to be a way to resolve this issue. Therefore, my questions are: (1) Why would conky display disappear from my Desktop and how can I correct that? (2) If it's impossible to keep it on my Desktop until system shutdown, is there a way to reload conky (using the process that's already created at system startup and lingering in the process list) without launching a fresh instance of it? And finally, after I launch conky in the Terminal, the following info is returned: conky: Syntax error (/home//.config/conky/conky.conf:2: unexpected symbol near '#') while reading config file. conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: desktop window (320002d) is subwindow of root window (102) conky: window type - normal conky: drawing to created window (0x3a00002) conky: drawing to double buffer conky: forked to background, pid is 5343 So, I couldn't figure out to resolve the first line. Is line 3 an error needing to be resolved? How about lines 5 to 7? Sorry about my too many questions.

[@NeonCipher]

All of the output messages from 1 to 7 are normal. Half of them are showed because I used the old syntax for the config file, which is fine. Conky can work with both old and new syntax. I suspect the disappearance might be caused by your desktop environment. What distro and desktop environment are you running? Usually Conky can overcome those DE bugs. No need to relaunch Conky. Luckily we have different display modes. You can play with some settings. The first thing I would recommend is to change the line "own_window_type normal" into "own_window_type desktop", reboot the computer and see if that helps.

[@user-lf1ox9kb2n]

@Neon Cipher, Thanks for your response, answering my questions and giving advice. I'll replace the specified line and see if that helps. My PC is running Linux Mint 19.3 Distro and the DE is X-Cinnamon.

[@user-lf1ox9kb2n]

Thank you so much @Neon Cipher. It's now been several days since I updated the configuration file per your tip and conky display hasn't disappeared. Conky continues to persistently remain tuck on the desktop! You're awesome! Conky's display helped me notice a continuous WiFi network upload activity when I expect there not be any. It was a few hours ago while I was having my daily one-hour GoToMeeting python tutorial session but I hadn't had my webcam turned on nor my microphone. Also, I wasn't sharing my screen. The upload stream was as much or even more than download, which brings the video and audio. As soon as the session ended and I closed the browser, both upload and download activity came to a complete stop. Interesting. Now my hunt is for an excellent network traffic monitoring and control tool.

[@phil7310]

I am getting this response when I run conky on your config file: phillip@pop-os:~$ conky conky: Syntax error (/home/phillip/.config/conky/conky.conf:2: unexpected symbol near '#') while reading config file. conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: [string "..."]:159: attempt to call a nil value (global 'loadstring')

[@be.barcellos]

Your video tutorial for conky is perfect man! Thanks!

[@VulcanOnWheels]

I tried to use your conky.conf, but the syntax seems to have changed since you last saved it. What can I do to convert it?

[@tsundoku5733]

I have the same issue. The syntax in the default config file is different.

[@stevenroberts1903]

Solid tut, thank you.

[@NeonCipher]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :-)

[@ottodachat]

I found Conky trying to find a Linux program that could give me idle voltages, but none found, however this came up and I really like the ability to configure it, though I do like other linux programs like top or bpytop Thanks!

[@asvestomixZ]

i was waiting for this!

[@NeonCipher]

I hope you'll enjoy it. Happy new year!

[@asvestomixZ]

@@NeonCipher of course I did! Happy New year my friend!

[@origenadamantine7875]

terrific video, thanks Neon! I like the look of your desktop - could you share what wallpaper, theme, etc? And what distro? thanks again

[@nbrownie5150]

Hey Neon just added this to my computer worked great!!!!! thanks for much for the effort and sharing :):) love it.

[@MarioMartinez_]

thank you for this amazing tutorial!!!

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad that the video helped.

[@TheMoppersmurf]

Great tutorial! Now i can finally adjust it the way i want. And the links below are also very usefull. Thank you!

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! I'm glad that the video helped. Thank you for the positive feedback!

[@skorpe8722]

THANKS :D i love this

[@alessandrogiusti1949]

Thank you! very clear and useful tutorial

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Stefan32486]

Excellent tutorial...thanks!!!

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad that the video helped.

[@MichelePanutsos]

Thank you for the tutorial! A question: how to set a general font for conky information? I was able to change just the title... :(

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

Something about the cores ... does it monitor core threats? If you have 4/8 core/threat system then should someone uses only the 4 real cores or all 8?

[@NeonCipher]

That's a good question! Usually Conky treats threads as cores, so make it 8. But you really don't need to worry about it if you just follow my tutorial because nproc command takes care of that. It shows the number of available processing units, no matter what they are.

[@samsneed584]

Awesome!!! Thank you so much for your vid and your site...doing great work!!!

[@NeonCipher]

Thank you for the kind words! :-) I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@m.grn5k832]

Thanks Neon Cipher, Great video. Also I was wondering how to run many conky scripts at the same time?? Thanks

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the great question! I'm going to make a video about that soon!

[@Prakhar_Choubey]

@@NeonCipher So did you make one? I can't find it!

[@sermeric]

Hey thank you for your awesome tutorial. I have a question. Everything works fine except the size of the conky. I couldnt set it up all the way down from the top. bottom_left screen settings are 1920x1080 it leaves an empty space on the top but i want it to cover all the left. gap_x and gap_y didnt make any difference.

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! Welcome! If you want to cover ALL the left you have two options: 1. Add more elements to Conky 2. Increase the font size of the current elements

[@hondaromio]

Absolutely amazing

[@dosequzla]

Great video as always NeoCipher, I am running this little utility on the Raspberry Pi 4 b and I noticed this being the only displaying tool/application currently running, I am surprised that my memory has gone to 76% although I have no way to compare what was the memory hug before installing Conky. How do I uninstall any program installed at the command prompt such as Conky? I dont think this program will attach itself to the startup apps but just in case I want to still uninstall it how would I go about it? Also, how can I ad a separate page for displaying processes and manage them as in stop and start or set automatic or manual such in Windows 10? Is there a built in app that does that instead of having Conky on the screen all the time?I always watch your videos as they are very helpful for me since I am just learning systems automation on Linux and I have lots of years of knowledge in that area in Windows systems so I tend to compare a lot or want to do sort of the same things I am used to do on Windows. Sorry for the long note. Here are my five stars: *****

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! The config that I shared on my website is pretty lightweight. It shouldn't affect the memory that much. Conky can run smoothly even on very old computers and Raspberry Pis. You can kill the Conky process the way I showed at the end of the video and compare memory consumption before and after. You can also completely uninstall Conky with this command: sudo apt-get remove conky-all There are many apps in Linux for managing processes! Try htop: sudo apt-get install htop then run in the terminal: htop Then just use your Up/Down arrow keys to select a process, and then you can kill it with the F9 key if you’d like. Press F1 to read help info.

[@dyadyavasya8449]

great tutorial!!! slight problem, after reboot it shows up on the 2nd screen and not on primary one. how can i fix that and a 2nd question: how can i show all time download and upload (what i mean it only shows for that session while computer running after reboot it resets to 0) thank you

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thanks for the interesting questions! 1. The way you can fix it depends on your desktop environment and the way you configured your multi-monitor setup. Try using different alignment (bottom_left, bottom_right) and playing with really high gap_x values (bigger than the width of your screen). Maybe even negative gap_x value could help. For example, replace gap_x and alignment with those lines: gap_x -1920 alignment bottom_right 2. Conky does not allow to do that through the standard settings. The only way it can be archived is though a custom-made Lua script that you call from within Conky.

[@ahmedsalem4470]

Great work, thanks a lot.

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad that the video helped :-)

[@CodyCLI]

There any way to add a battery indicator? That's literally all I want to do with it, but I can't figure out how.

[@novaeveabramson9499]

Such an amazing tutorial, thx! Like + Subscribe Btw, if someone want to launch Conky on the second monitor, just put: alignment top_left gap_x = 4000, gap_y = 7,

[@shapedthought]

Nice, your sites needs an SSL cert though

[@adziup]

is there any conky like replacement for windows?

[@NeonCipher]

I really don't know. I stopped using Windows and completely migrated to Linux several years ago.

[@khareek2453]

Rainmeter is great

[@austinballard3746]

conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: [string "..."]:159: attempt to call a nil value (global 'loadstring') i cant seem to get it to work can someone tell me what i am doing wrong

[@DanielŚmigiela]

I save configuration as ~/.config/conky/conky no as ~/.config/conky/conky.config and do this steps to convert old configiration to new lua format: 1. wget github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/raw/master/extras/convert.lua 47 2. sudo chmod +x convert.lua 3. sudo /convert.lua ~/.config/conky/conky

[@lemler3337]

this is awesome good video, i got lucky on the temp section lol

[@NeonCipher]

Thank you for the positive feedback! I'm glad that the video helped :-)

[@pavlospilakoutas]

If rainmeter gets any linux development, the linux desktop experience will become the next big thing

[@anchipod]

Great tutorial! One thing left imo, how i can place processes on the right side of the screen while others still on the left?

[@SVG188]

2:17 --> alignment bottom_right (instead of left - in the config file)

[@MrStefanokj]

I don't have a swap partition but I have a swapfile. How can I monitor it?

[@WeedMIC]

great guide. i have 40 cpus and put them in cpuguage. but, only 12 are visible. is there a way to do columns? i did not find an option under column in manpage.

[@GSHERPA]

wow. Thank you

[@NeonCipher]

You’re welcome, and thank you :-)

[@truant2827]

Hey any chance you have the new lua syntax for this? If not, nbd, the documentation on arch isn't great but I can figure it out :)

[@rigov4546]

Been trying to get this to run all afternoon. Errors: conky: Syntax error (/home/voxster/.config/conky/conky.conf:2: unexpected symbol near '#') while reading config file. conky: Assuming it's in old syntax and attempting conversion. conky: [string "..."]:159: attempt to call a nil value (global 'loadstring') Anyone have any suggestions?

[@emifalcon3d]

Thanks a lot!!

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thanks for the stopping by!

[@arciarcibald1508]

Hello, first of all, thanks for this video, for beginers like me its great! :) Any ideas why Conky shows used RAM more and more (depend by what Im doing and how long is system runing, no problem showing 15GB / 15,5GB) and System monitor shows real usage? Thank you

[@shartech8672]

i setup ed the widget, but i want to remove it but im unable to, im unable to change my widget, when i use conky manager, it pop up two widgets, i want to remove ur widget but cant, how can i bring it to default setting and default widget.

[@jasonwhitson5763]

I don't know what I did wrong, I thought I was diligent about all the steps. But when I went for a restart so many things were wrong! USB errors, coundn't connect to the Wifi any more, my desktop and monitor configuration was wacked. What a shit storm. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to reinstall the OS. Bummer because I was really excited about this.

[@welkyfr]

Awesome...Thanks,..

[@enochthestud]

I really want to add a weekly weather report widget to conky, but I don't know how. I've tried copying files to the .conky folder, but it never shows up. I have peppermint OS

[@johnsell7366]

i went to save it and nothing on conky looks like it should after i fixed everything in text editor

[@shinougaming2220]

thanks a lot

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@skrrtskrrt9453]

awesome cheers!

[@NeonCipher]

Yess! Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

why you use the conky -C > ~/Documents.conf (what this command does) while the conky.conf file is in path home/user_name/.config/conky/conky.conf ??? Also how you make it override the default /etc/conky/conky.conf and start from the new location? Each time I type conky starts with the default black-block interface

[@NeonCipher]

I used "conky -C > ~/Documents.conf" to illustrate that you can export the default config and play with it if you want. Usually the config file in home/user_name/.config/conky/ is given higher priority and automatically used by Conky. What distro are you using?

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

@@NeonCipher Thank you for your quick reply. I m using Linux Mint 19.22 Tina. After installing conky a quick whereis conky gives the following paths /usr/bin/conky /etc/conky/ (here lies the conky.conf file) user/share/man/man1/conky.1.gz Tried uninstalling it (apt remove conky-all / apt purge conky-all) and still the above paths after restart exist Maybe comes with conky pre installed but then again after unistall why these paths still there?

[@NeonCipher]

The default config file in /etc/conky/conky.conf comes with Conky preinstalled. If you use the config in /home/user_name/.config/conky/conky.conf it automatically overrides the default system config. So you really shouldn't worry about it. If it doesn't override try killing all Conky instances, then make sure the path to the config file doesn't have typos: ~/.config/conky/conky.conf and then relaunch conky from the terminal with the 'conky' command. If that doesn't help, you can explicitly tell Conky what file to use by starting it with conky -c /home/user_name/.config/conky/conky.conf (note that -c is not capitalized) In the worst case scenario you can always edit /etc/conky/conky.conf directly as root: sudo nano /etc/conky/conky.conf If you used "purge conky-all" the default config may still be there if you manually modified it before or because of some bug. I hope this helps!

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

@@NeonCipher Even with conky -c /home/user_name/.config/conky/conky.conf still runs the default conky Also after starting conky tried systemctl status conky and no service found if that is ok EDITTT: DID it .... probably something messed the default conf files (yours and systems) I downloaded again replaced it and voila.. Thank you for your quick reply

[@kartikmalviya9723]

hey man network indicator is not working I follow your step but it still not working

[@moshao69]

Hi Neon Cipher, I'm a newbie user of Lubuntu 20.04, wanted to give a try to Linux. I followed your awesome tutorial step by step and almost all of the things work out well. But Conky still has a black background and I don't know how to make it look transparent like you show us in the video. I don't know if you'll have time you help me with this miscellaneous little things, but help will be very appreciated. Thank you!

[@NeonCipher]

Hey, welcome to the Linux world! I'm glad you like the video! Conky has several options to fix the transparency. Try to change the line "own_window_transparent no" to "own_window_transparent yes" and reboot the computer.

[@AViewThroughLensLens]

Well, it appears the neonciper site is no longer.

[@averyd9003]

Any chance to do a tutorial to view conky on an android phone?

[@neokovacs187]

btw what theme are you using?

[@anilkumarprajapati6897]

Link is not working any more !! Can u provide me the link for config file plz..

[@umutdogrruu]

Thank

[@TonyAsh-rp6fp]

your website is down mate. any alternate link, please provide. Thanks

[@furredBird]

hay! so far this works good but why does it say my RAM is at 97-98%? i have 24gb

[@surisurendrababu]

Awsome it works good .. but after restarting m system it displaying zig zag way and it is not taking the customised file i tried uninstalling conky after uninstalling also it d9isplays on my desktop i am not getting how to remove that and have my customised file

[@Brisou394]

I had a blur Conky because I had it running 4 times in same time. But how do you make Conky more visible?

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! I'm not sure I understand the issue that you are having. Can you provide a screenshot? If you have 4 identical instances of Conky running, just reboot your computer and that will fix it.

[@Brisou394]

@@NeonCipherwhen restarting my kubuntu they were still there. My apps aren't closing in between restarts… When refreshing Conky every seconds texts were overlapping. But what I now whant is to have Conky more visible or less transparent because with the default background, I don't see the text very well.

[@Brisou394]

@@NeonCipher thanks anyway for the big Conky tutorial !

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! You still can identify the instances' PIDs (first number on each line): ps aux | grep conky then kill them the way I showed in the tutorial. To improve visibility you can make Conky's background semi-transparent. Find these parameters in the config file and change them this way: background yes own_window yes own_window_type normal own_window_transparent no own_window_class Conky own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager own_window_argb_visual yes own_window_argb_value 210 Another way of making Conky more readable is to change the font's color and make it bold.

[@diegoarenas355]

Is there a windows 10 version to this? i have windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my machine a s a dual boot up and it would cool to have it for both. Awesome video 10/10

[@NeonCipher]

Thank you! I really don't know. After Microsoft added the term to the license agreement that they can collect and send to their servers all the key strokes on a user's computer, I stopped using Windows completely.

[@user-uh5wr2fv1m]

@Neon Cipher, Oh wow, I didn’t know that. That’s quite bizarre and crazy. Anyway, I’ve long decided to make the transition to either Linux or MacOS and I’m currently flirting with Linux. However, I’m still keeping my Windows as a dual boot simply to use some specific applications in there. Otherwise, I’m virtually using Linux all the time and so far I’m quite so happy.

[@KeanMartinic]

How do I get my system to recognize & use the conky.config file in my /.config dir and not the conky.config file in my /etc/conky dir?

[@NeonCipher]

Usually the config file in ~/.config/conky/ is given higher priority and automatically used by Conky.

[@KeanMartinic]

@@NeonCipher hmm, for some reason my computer still only displays the default despite this. Running 'conky' in command doesn't replace it but my tasks do show two conkys running.

[@NeonCipher]

Try killing *all* Conky instances, then make sure the path to the config file doesn't have typos: ~/.config/conky/conky.conf and then relaunch conky from the terminal with the 'conky' command. If that doesn't help, it's possible that your current path variables are messed up. In the worst case scenario you can always edit /etc/conky/conky.conf directly as root: sudo nano /etc/conky/conky.conf

[@KeanMartinic]

@@NeonCipher Thank you sir, will try

[@KeanMartinic]

Yeah something must be wrong with my config file as I just get: "conky: desktop window (400030) is subwindow of root window (1ea) conky: window type - desktop conky: drawing to created window (0x1a00002) conky: drawing to double buffer" but still no conky. Thanks for your help though!

[@随想-h7f]

Brother, I am using ubuntu18.04 4k resolution, but I can't use it to find the way to modify the size, can you customize one for me? My cpu is a thread tearing, the flash is nvidia The titan xp memory is 128GB, the hard disk is the kernel pci-e 905P 906GB, can you tell me your contact information? I want to be your best friend with you.

[@starazzi383]

I did all like you on kali linux, and after edit conky.conf I only have the default conky...

[@rockin935]

Hi, your link is no longer available.

[@thecowmilk4857]

Hey Hi, I got a question, how to use coky to display IP address? Like Local Host(local ip)... I would really appreciate if you can guide me :) All The Best :D

[@NeonCipher]

To display your local IP address, add this line: $font${color DimGray}Local IP address: $alignr ${addr enp1s0} change "enp1s0" to your network interface name.

[@随想-h7f]

Brother, I am using ubuntu18.04 4k resolution, but I can't use it to find the way to modify the size, can you customize one for me? My cpu is a thread tearing, the flash is nvidia The titan xp memory is 128GB, the hard disk is the kernel pci-e 905P 906GB, can you tell me your contact information? I want to be your best friend with you.～

[@mon0theist_tv]

Can you post a link to the config file so we can just download it lol EDIT: nvm I can't read

[@taranagnew436]

I can't get conky to show up on my desktop, plz help

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! What steps have you already tried?

[@taranagnew436]

@@NeonCipher I installed conky on linux and it installed but it won't show on the desktop, i've tried copying your code and pasting it in the cofig file and nothing

[@NeonCipher]

Did you launch Conky from the terminal? I showed how to start it in the video.

[@dhmhtrhsaourelis8695]

Neon Cipher or anyone else can send me the config text please

[@jacobstech1777]

i cannot find config file anywhere

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! It's here: neoncipher.net/v/conky/

[@jacobstech1777]

oh it's in /etc

[@NeonCipher]

Oh you meant in the directory tree :-D Conky can have a system-wide config file and a user-specific config file. The first is here: /etc/conky/conky.conf And the user-specific config goes in here: ~/.config/conky/conky.conf

[@jacobstech1777]

Neon Cipher sure thanks

[@shaneintegra]

i wish i was smarter. this seems difficult as hell lol. im new to linux

[@NeonCipher]

Sorry to hear that. Things are going to be easier when you get more experienced. Linux is worth learning.

[@Alexander-nd5de]

I agree linux can be tough so i encourage writing things down. try both a graphical and a text based version of a linux distro. it has helped me learn a bit. still cant install grub for arch though XD

[@peterbreis5407]

Start with Elementary OS Hera 5.1. If you need to change anything open Terminal (control t) and just copy what you see in instructions. In Eelementary you can change the System Settings so you can copy and paste in the instructions, like you can in macOS. One thing Linux Treminal seems to lack is macOS's ability to drag in stuff.

[@textexadecimal9340]

If you don't mind me making a recommendation, you should start learning how to use man pages and how to sort through standard output. `man --P "grep -En --- '-P|pager'" man` uses grep to write the contents of the manpage "man" out through the grep program, which outputs the line(s) and line number(s) where '-P' or 'pager' is found. Use this, replacing the second mention of "man" with any manpage and '-P|pager' with any set of search terms, where each term is separated with a pipe --> | . EDIT: Also, don't worry about the strikethrough in the command because inline text formatting is hell.

[@peterbreis5407]

@@textexadecimal9340 ...and remember that it is YOU working FOR Linux, NOT the other way round!

[@TranVanChuc]

hi, thanks your video, nice! But at this time, with sudo apt-get install conky-all just install conky 1.10.8, not newest is 1.11.5 (github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/releases/tag/v1.11.5) in above link, give us *.AppImage file, not *.deb file, i know appimage can run well, but just like portable app, can be work properly well?

[@NeonCipher]

Hi! Welcome! Thank you for the good question. I don't recommend using AppImage. I should make a separate video about it.

[@TranVanChuc]

@@NeonCipher yep, that's also my opion. I trying and build newest version, but if build deb file, cant start app without install libimlib2

[@TranVanChuc]

but with v1.11.5 conky, i cant install conky manager 2.4 (stop update from 2015) with apt install: $ sudo apt install conky-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done conky-manager is already the newest version (2.4~136kali2). You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: conky-manager : Depends: conky-all but it is not going to be installed or conky-std but it is not going to be installed or conky-cli but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). chuctran@chuctran-kalios-virtualbox:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following additional packages will be installed: conky-all Suggested packages: apcupsd audacious moc mpd xmms2 The following NEW packages will be installed: conky-all 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 21 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/435 kB of archives. After this operation, 1.688 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 219898 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../conky-all_1.10.8-1+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking conky-all (1.10.8-1+b1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/conky-all_1.10.8-1+b1_amd 64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/conky', which is also in package conky 1.11.5 dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/conky-all_1.10.8-1+b1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[@TranVanChuc]

@@NeonCipher if install with deb file: $ sudo dpkg -i conky-manager-v2.4-amd64.deb [sudo] password for chuctran: (Reading database ... 219898 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack conky-manager-v2.4-amd64.deb ... Unpacking conky-manager (2.4) over (2.4~136kali2) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of conky-manager: conky-manager depends on realpath; however: Package realpath is not installed. conky-manager depends on rsync; however: Package rsync is not configured yet. conky-manager depends on imagemagick; however: Package imagemagick is not configured yet. Package imagemagick-6.q16 which provides imagemagick is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package conky-manager (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.32.0-1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64) ... Processing triggers for kali-menu (2020.1.7) ... Errors were encountered while processing: conky-manager

[@TranVanChuc]

@@NeonCipher so i still using conky manager 2.4 with conky older than v1.11.5 from github

[@garymaya1767]

Your config link is broken, so this is useless video.

[@AAANorthbridge]

He left everything to set up. such a looser!

[@venomsnake191]

How could I make conky to bind to the desktop instead of runing in a separate Window?

[@neokovacs187]

btw what theme are you using?

[@NeonCipher]

I'm using Arc-Dark theme

[@rachserg]

Hey. How to make FPS visible Conky?

[@JeffM---]

Thank you, great video!

[@NeonCipher]

Welcome! Thank you for the positive feedback!