Conky Manager is a graphical front-end for managing Conky config files. It provides options to start/stop, browse together with edit Conky themes installed on the system. Packages are currently available inwards Launchpad for Ubuntu together with derivatives (Linux Mint, etc).
Release info
Latest Version: 2.0 (2014-06-17)
Platform: Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
Language: Vala & GTK3
ProjectPage: https://launchpad.net/conky-manager
Features
- Start/Stop, Browse together with Edit Conky themes
- Run Conky on arrangement startup
- Options to alter location, transparency together with size of Conky widget window
- Options to alter fourth dimension together with network interface
Installation
Well of course of report you lot must install Conky first. Easy to do:
root@kali: # apt-get install conky-all
Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)
If you lot are using Ubuntu or its derivatives (like Xubuntu, Linux Mint, etc) you lot tin bathroom install it from the Launchpad PPA. Builds are available for the next Ubuntu releases:
- 13.10 (saucy)
- 14.04 (trusty)
- 14.10 (utopic)
For whatsoever other release, you lot tin bathroom 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 next commands ane past times ane inwards a concluding window:
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager
Updates volition last installed automatically if you lot accept enabled automatic updates enabled on your system. The bundle tin bathroom also last updated manually past times running the install ascendence again.
sudo apt-get install conky-manager
Debian Linux
To install from PPA, type the next commands ane past times ane inwards a concluding window:
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager
The DEB files are available from next links:
conky-manager-latest-i386.deb (32-bit, 1 MB)
conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit, 1 MB)
Kali Linux
Kali every bit green volition yell a howl when using PPA. I tin bathroom nevertheless role PPA exactly using .deb bundle seems a lot easier.
Install conky-manager from .deb package
(this applies to both Ubuntu or Debian distributions)
Download .deb bundle on 32-bit System
root@kali: # wget -q http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67740416/linux/conky-manager-latest-i386.deb
Download .deb bundle on 64-bit
root@kali: # wget -q http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67740416/linux/conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb
The DEB files are available from next links:
conky-manager-latest-i386.deb (32-bit, 1 MB)
conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit, 1 MB)
Because I role a 64-bit system, I’ve installed using the next commands:
First you lot brand conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb executable using chmod +x command. Next you lot install it using dpkg -i ascendence alongside –ignore-depends flag. The argue nosotros are ignoring dependencies is because Kali Linux doesn’t appear to resolve them every bit good well.
root@kali: # chmod +x conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb
root@kali: # dpkg -i conky-manager-latest-amd64.deb --ignore-depends
Launch Conky Manager
Press ALT+F2 together with type inwards conky-manager
You should last able to configure Conky using Conky Manager now.
Theme Packs
The default installation contains exclusively a few sample themes. For to a greater extent than themes, download the theme pack given below together with install it using the Import push on the tool-bar.
Use the next ascendence to download Conky Manager Theme pack.
root@kali: # wget http://download2183.mediafire.com/s9p1h3ja73yg/icvmpzhlk7vgejt/default-themes-extra-1.cmtp.7z --progress=bar
Import it using the import button.
Configure Conky-Manager
Now that you lot got themes together with widgets imported, you lot tin bathroom opened upwardly Conky Manager in ane lawsuit again together with start making your desktop to a greater extent than usable.
A somewhat modified desktop alongside Conky Manager
Here’s something I came upwardly with… Not really peachy exactly you lot acquire the idea
Conclusion:
All your config files are inwards the next folder.
root@kali: /.conky#
If you lot are familiar alongside Conky (trust me, it’s slow to acquire together with no, you lot won’t suspension materials past times doing stuffs to conky… good unless you lot start using crunch commands … exactly who does that anyway).
As usual, thank you lot for reading. Please share.
