How To Install conky on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install conky on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove conky

Remove conky Configurations and Data

To remove conky configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• conky-std

References

• conky website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install conky package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.