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J-Mello
Asked: 2018-09-30 14:22:36 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS don't install Conky Manager

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I need to install Conky Manager to add themes and change settings to make my own preferences on a desktop screen. However when I type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install conky-manager

My Ubuntu says to me that I'm unable to find conky manager package. Can anyone help me to install Conky Manager to personalize my desktop screen properly? Thanks!:)

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Let's start with analysis of this PPA problem. You are going to install conky-manager package, so you know exact name and target Ubuntu version.
    In such case you should use special PPA search page on launchpad.net - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas with the corresponding search query "conky-manager". This page will return search results. You should click all these links one-after-one and select Published in: Bionic filter. You can choose any PPA which you trust more.
    Other way is to use Y PPA Manager.

    I ended with this one (ppa:mark-pcnetspec/conky-manager-pm9) as it has realpath package in PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mark-pcnetspec/conky-manager-pm9
sudo apt-get install conky-manager

    After installation you will get Conky Manager 2.4 running on your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:

    Conky Manager 2.4 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    Note: packages from two other PPAs (ppa:marius.quabeck/nerdzoom and ppa:tomtomtom/conky-manager (20.04 LTS compatible)) are really depends on realpath package (as were noted by @OrganicMarble), but do not include it.

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  2. This article How to Install and Use Conky Manager on Ubuntu 16.04/17.04 should still work in Ubuntu 18.04.

    You don't need to add the repository as conky is already in Ubuntu's repository. Simply follow these steps:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install conky-all

    Once installed, you have to run Conky from the command line.

    conky

    You can modify conky to do your own preferences. Here's the top half of mine:

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    Conky Manager isn't in Ubuntu 17.04's repository as the article mentions. As Organic Marble's answer states it isn't in 18.04's repository either. The article does say how to install it though:

    wget https://launchpad.net/~teejee2008/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/conky-manager_2.4~136~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt install gdebi
sudo gdebi conky-manager*.deb
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  3. Conky-manager isn't in the ppa for 18.04 which is why you couldn't install it.

    Unfortunately copying the .deb from 16.04 doesn't work either, because a dependency ("realpath") is missing.

    It appears that getting conky-manager to work in 18.04 will not be easy.

    It will probably be easier to edit your conky manually.

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  4. Try this instead. Worked for me in Ubuntu 20.04, as of April 6, 2021.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomtomtom/conky-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager

    Link to PPA: https://launchpad.net/~tomtomtom/+archive/ubuntu/conky-manager

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