How To Install conky-cli on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky-cli
on Debian 10.
What is conky-cli
conky-cli is:
Conky is a system monitor that 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 external programs or scripts (either external or through built-in Lua support).
This is a basic package that can be useful in servers or piped with dzen2. It includes the following support:
MPD, MOC, math, apcupsd, ncurses and I/O stats.
There are three methods to install conky-cli
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install conky-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install conky-cli
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install conky-cli
Install conky-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install conky-cli
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install conky-cli
Install conky-cli Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install conky-cli
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install conky-cli
How To Uninstall conky-cli on Debian 10
To uninstall only the conky-cli
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove conky-cli
Uninstall conky-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall conky-cli
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove conky-cli
Remove conky-cli Configurations and Data
To remove conky-cli
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge conky-cli
Remove conky-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove conky-cli
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conky-cli
Dependencies
conky-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky-cli
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.