Conky

From wikinotes
~/.conkyrc .conkyrc(agnes) Conky Config
.conkyrc(wintermute)
~/.conkyForecastWU.config .conkyForecastWU.config Conky Forecast Config

Download conkyforecast-bzr from the AUR


In order to be able to click on an openbox or xfce desktop and not have conky disappear, simply add 'own_window_class Conky' (It generally isn't present in the default file)


Conky Forecast:

Download the latest version of conkyforecast (including conkyforecastWU) from the following website: https://launchpad.net/~conky-companions/+archive/ppa/+packages

# extract the folder, then rename it to "conkyforecast" and move it to /usr/share/
sudo chmod 755 conkyForecastWU
sudo chmod 755 conkyForecastWU.py
ln -s /usr/share/conkyforecast/conkyForecastWU /usr/bin/conkyForecastWU

# Create a config file (as listed above)


Conky Forecast from AUR (Not working)

## You must register for a launchpad account using your email
# https://launchpad.net/
# make sure that you have installed openssh
ssh-keygen -t rsa

## Press enter to accept default filename
# open ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub  and copy it's contents
# navigate to https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editsshkeys and paste the contents of that file + accept
# bzr launchpad-login junkcommander0
# type k-standard password
# now you should be able to continue with the regular AUR package instructions 
makepkg -i