How To Install conky-manager on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky-manager on CentOS 8.
What is conky-manager
A simple GUI for managing Conky configuration files. Options for changing themes and running Conky at start up.
We can use yum or dnf to install conky-manager on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conky-manager.
Install conky-manager on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install conky-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install conky-manager
Install conky-manager on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install conky-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install conky-manager
How To Uninstall conky-manager on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the conky-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove conky-manager
conky-manager Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/conky-manager
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/a68e5e530315dd570ee9d0727dc0b2c1330914
/usr/share/appdata/conky-manager.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/conky-manager.desktop
/usr/share/conky-manager
/usr/share/conky-manager/images
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/conky-manager.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/conky-manager.xcf
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/conky-manager14x14.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/conky-manager64x64.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/donate.svg
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/help-info.svg
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/image-generate.xcf
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/image-generate24x24.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/item-gray.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/item-green.png
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/view-list.svg
/usr/share/conky-manager/images/view-preview.svg
/usr/share/conky-manager/libs
/usr/share/conky-manager/themepacks
/usr/share/conky-manager/themepacks/default-themes-2.1.cmtp.7z
/usr/share/doc/conky-manager
/usr/share/doc/conky-manager/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/conky-manager/README
/usr/share/doc/conky-manager/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/conky-manager
/usr/share/licenses/conky-manager/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs_CZ/LC_MESSAGES/conky-manager.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr_HR/LC_MESSAGES/conky-manager.mo
/usr/share/pixmaps/conky-manager.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky-manager on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
