Conky won't work :s

I was having a bit of discussion about it in the Show off your Linux Desktop thread, but thought I should make my own.

I really like the look of conky, and decided to install it on my Ubuntu install, so I ran the command:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install conky

it says "command not found" and then when I downloaded and ran a .deb file, it said there was one already installed, so I downloaded another one, and that said Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libasound2 (>> 1.0.22).

Then I thought it installed, and when I went into some folder, I cannot remember, it had a conky folder, so I went into the Synaptic Package Manager, and uninstalled Conky, I then reinstalled it using the command:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install conky

and it went through installing it, but then when I hit Alt+F2 it show's nothing, and when I search for conky, nothing shows up.

Has anyone go any ideas?

Cheers,
Joel.

 

heres another guide: not sure if it will help but worth a look i spose
Conky – a light weight system monitor for Ubuntu Linux Systems|Ubuntu Geek

 

So, just to get this straight, if you open Synaptic now and search for conky, the packages show up as installed? When you hit Alt+F2, type in conky and hit Enter, nothing happens? And what do you mean by "searching for conky"?

Thanks.

 

You sure your repositories are all connecting properly? I don't know if conky is in getdeb, but if it is, you might need to add in a mirror.

 

When I hit Alt+F2, Conky isn't there. When I go into the Synaptics Package Manager, it says installed. Wait, when I click search, all the conky stuff comes up, but nothing I can go into.

 

You have to enter the conky command from the command line.

 

Sorry to be repetitive, but is that after you type 'conky' without quotes into the Alt+F2 dialog and hit Enter? Because you have to do that to get it running. There's no conky GUI or anything. You run the command, and then customize it by editing the config file, as mentioned in the other thread. Or, as Thomas said, you can open up a terminal and type 'conky,' again without quotes, and hit Enter. That will get it going.

Keep us posted.

 

Ahh, right, I didn't pick up on that! It's working now, sort of. Thanks! When I click on the desktop, it disappears, and I have to open it up again.

 

That's because it's set to act as a window, probably with pseudo-transparency. Like I said, you can customize it by editing the file. There are instructions on various Linux forums if you just look on Google. You can copy my config from my post here.

I think the settings I mentioned are among these:

Cheers...

 

Pixelot, thank you for posting that portion of your .conkyrc file. I'd had the same problem as OP, with conky disappearing when I clicked on the desktop, and hadn't tried to figure out why yet. Fixed now!

 

No problem, glad to help.