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conky


Information about the package, conky, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The conky package is designed for, A system monitor for X.


Package Name:

conky

Summary:

A system monitor for X

Description:

A system monitor for X originally based on the torsmo code. but more kickass. It just keeps on given'er. Yeah.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.8.1

Release:

2.el6

Size:

271 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for conky


Control the conky package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install conky

This command will install conky on the server.

yum remove conky

This command will un-install conky on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove conky, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove conky

This command will un-install conky on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove conky when using the -y flag.

yum update conky

This command will update conky to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove conky, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update conky

This command will update conky to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove conky when using the -y flag.

yum info conky

This command will show you core information about the conky package.

yum deplist conky

This command will show you the dependencies for conky. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update conky

This command will check if there is an update waiting on conky. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.