How To Install conky on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky on Debian 9.
What is conky
conky 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 dummy package to ease transition to the new packaging scheme. It may be safely removed after upgrade/installation.
There are three methods to install conky on Debian 9. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install conky
Install conky Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install conky using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install conky
Install conky 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install conky
How To Uninstall conky on Debian 9
To uninstall only the conky package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove conky
Uninstall conky And Its Dependencies
To uninstall conky and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove conky
Remove conky Configurations and Data
To remove conky configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge conky
Remove conky configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove conky configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conky
Dependencies
conky have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conky package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.