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I downloaded Conky through the software manager and it shows in downloading 100% and then I can't find it? I re-booted the computer in case that would have an affect, but to no avail.

Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong? I assume it is something simple.

Install the conkywizard from Synaptic Package Manager, then you'll have something (GUI) in the menu.

richyrich wrote:Install the conkywizard from Synaptic Package Manager, then you'll have something (GUI) in the menu.

Conkywizard does not exist..Least not in synaptic.

In order to get conky working you have to create a .conkyrc (notice the dot at the beginning) file and save it in your home directory. Once done you go to the terminal and type conky.

Check out this thread for ideas and don't hesitate to ask questions.. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=30209

??? I'm in Xfce 9

richyrich wrote:??? I'm in Xfce 9

It had to have been downloaded from either the website or gnome-look.org. I just checked the conkywizard site.

Once installed it will show up in synaptic so if you decide to un-install it otherwise installation is done manually from the tar.gz.

I just checked synaptic after doing a run at the terminal and it does not show up because it is not in the repositories..

Check this link... http://maketecheasier.com/configuring-c ... 2010/08/24

http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/impo ... 37_all.deb

Sorry bub . . . maintained by merlwiz79, and available from the Mint Xfce Repository!

richyrich wrote:http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/impo ... 37_all.deb

Sorry bub . . . maintained by merlwiz79, and available from the Mint Xfce Repository!

Not everybody is using XFCe so by default it is not maintained in the usual repositories. You should have explained this up front.

You can find a lot of software by enabling untrusted as well as other non-ubuntu/mint repositories..

This is supposed to be a friendly place to exchange ideas and to help people. Calling people "bub" is unfriendly...

You can add it to the menu yourself as an application (right click the menu button and edit menu). The command is "conky". I added it into the "System Tools" menu with the description "System information monitor".

If you want it to run at startup then you need a delay before starting Conky otherwise it doesn't work. I added a script to the startup called startconky.sh with the following lines:

#!/bin/bash

sleep 30
conky

You will need to make your own .conkyrc file.

I'm having the same problem and I have the .conkyrc file in my home folder. Not really too sure what I'm doing wrong but when I type "conky" into the terminal nothing happens no matter how long I wait although it shows up in the system processes.

Sorry to double post but I figured out my problem, I just suck at conky scripts. The one I got off the showoff thread worked fine.