Conky Desktop Guru - RPi 4B+ Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute aarch64 Fork and Port!

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How to Install

1. Run the following command to install conky:

   sudo apt install conky-all

2. Create the config file:

   conky -C > ~/Documents/conky.config

3. Create the conky folder in the home directory:

   mkdir ~/.config/conky

4. Replace the content of the created config file with the content from this file "You can use any text editor to copy the content"

5. Copy the file to the conky folder in your home directory:

   cp -v ~/Documents/conky.config ~/.config/conky

6. Adjust the hardware configuration according to your settings

   • Network adapter parameter "Replace enp6s0 with the name of your network adapter". Run the below command to find the name of your network adapter:

     sudo ifconfig

     

   • Processor "Replace Broadcom BCM2835 QuadCore ARMv8 with the name of your processor"

     

   • The number of your CPU cores, run the following command to find out how many cores is your CPU:

     nproc

   • Temp sensor. You can run this command to find out how many sensors you have:

     ls /sys/class/hwmon

     • Then this command to find the name of each sensor "Make sure to change the number after hwmon to check all your sensors":

     sudo cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon4/name

     

7. Copy the ./lua-scripts/vcgencmd-funcs.lua file into directory your user has proper privileges against, and then update the following ./conky.conf line with your path accordingly:

https://github.com/chris-bishop/Conky_Desktop_Guru/blob/main/conky.conf#L32

...
  -- IMPORT LUA SCRIPTS
  lua_load = '/etc/conky/lua-scripts/vcgencmd-funcs.lua',
...

8. Create an auto start item for conky to load once system is started

   

9. Enjoy :-) - And many thanks to @moabdrabou for all the effort to provide the great foundation I had the pleasure of creating this fork from!