To start, select the widget by setting its check box. If the user likes the widget itself, but don’t like the color of the substrate, size or location on the desktop, these and other parameters can be edited. If after saving your theme does not appear in the list, click Search for new themes (round arrows).īut looks like the theme you have created for example: In order to save the result, click OKto refuse Cancel. The list of widgets selected in the first stage, it lifts up automatically.
All you need to do is to combine any Wallpaper for your desktop and necessary widgets from those that already present in the Conky Manager. Click Import Theme Pack and select a previously saved disk files with the themes (it must have an extension of cmtp.7z).Īnother option is to create your own theme. Installation is very simple and takes less than a minute. At the time of this writing there are 166 topics appropriate for Ubuntu-like systems. The easiest way to find them on the website. In addition to the official topics there are many “self-made”, created by enthusiasts all over the world.
This is clearly not enough, so I have to install the package default-themes-extra-1.cmtp with additional themes. Installing additional themesĪfter running Conky Manager on Linux Mint you find in the settings only one theme - Green Apple Desktop and a few widgets. In order to install the selected theme or widget, is enough to set the check box next to the name. To switch between widgets and themes serve the same buttons Widgets and Themes. If the bottom of the window appeared the image, click Preview. In order to see how the item looks, just click on its name with the left mouse button.
In both cases, you should use the preview. To personalize the desktop by using Conky Manager in two ways - to change the subject or connect the widgets. Now let’s see how do you configure Conky in Linux Mint. If you can’t find it, type in the search bar the name of the program. In which section - depends on the version of the OS. The program will then appear in the menu. To install Conky Manager on Linux Mint is completed. It should be noted that if an installation repository suitable for the OS with any bit, the method using the file only works for 64-bit systems. First team:Ĭd /tmp wget sudo dpkg-i realpath_8.25-2ubuntu2_all.debĬd /tmp wget sudo dpkg-i conky-manager_2.4~136~ubuntu16.04.1_b sudo apt install-f
You can also download and install using terminal, but, unlike the previous method, this works on all versions of Linux Mint. In this case, it is sufficient to find it in the folder and double click on the icon, then confirm the installation of the package. Some browsers just offer a choice to save the file or open it with Gdebi, others just save the file to disk. As a rule, it comes with the distribution. To install deb packages you will need the program Gdebi.
The first thing you need to download from the Ubuntu archive and install file realpath_8.25-2ubuntu2_all.deb, and then similar operations to be done with a file conky-manager_2.4~136~ubuntu16.04.1_b which can be found on the portal. To install Conky Manager on Linux Mint 19 runs in a roundabout way. The first command adds the PPA to the system repository, the second one updates the APT cache, and the third is required for installation of the application. Sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa To do this, run in terminal three commands:
Development Conky Manager has long been discontinued, so install this software from this repository is available only to holders Linux Mint 17.3 and earlier versions.