Conky 1.6.1 on Hardy Heron

Conky 1.6.1 on Hardy Heron

update: also works on Intrepid Ibex!

Step by step howto install Conky 1.6.1 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code. Since its original conception, Conky has changed a fair bit from its predecessor. Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Conky has many built-in objects, as well as the ability to execute programs and scripts, then display the output from stdout.

For more information about conky, visit http://conky.sourceforge.net/

Currently in the Hardy repository there is version 1.5.1 available. However, this version does have some issues and there are a lot of fixes between 1.5.1 and 1.6.1.

So I decided to install the latest version from source. Lateron I will describe howto create an deb file from source.

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