How to get Ubuntu Linux Desktop 'Jelly' Conky ?

In this post, I wanted to write about 'Conky' of which you may or  may not have heard about before.

Conky is licensed under GNU Public License 3.0 and a free software  that runs in BSD.  It's a system monitor an extended version of 'Torsmo' which is no longer developed. Even if it's called a system monitor, it can be used to gather information from many sources like weather sources and time servers.

It's funny because it is said that Conky is a name adapted from a Canadian TV Show 'Trailer Park Boys' according to the Conky official web site.  Visit the Documentation of Conky here.

In this, post I thought of writing about a customized system clock  which will add colour to your Linux environment called 'Jelly Conky'.

1. To add 'Jelly Conky' You've to install Conky installed in the first place so Open terminal by 'Ctrl+T'.
   
   
2. To Install Conky run the following command.
   
   

   $ sudo apt-get install conky 
   
   
   

3. Download Jelly Conky from here and extract the zip file to download location.
   
   
4. Start a separate Terminal and run the following command to get the full permission to access directories.
   
   

   $ sudo nautilus
   
   
   

5. Go to download extracted location and find 'jelly-conky' directory. You'll find a font directory jelly-conky/roboto-font. Access it and install all the .ttf (True Type Face) by 'double click'-> 'install'.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Press 'Ctrl+H' to show the 'Hidden Files' and access jelly-modes and pick a widget you need either one of 'Clock','Clock+Date' or 'Clock+Date+Weather' with a preferred size 'Big' or 'small'.
   
   
7. Copy hidden '.conkyrc' to 'home' directory. To do that run the following command. Either you can run the following command in the terminal or use GUI file manager to do so.
   
   
8. Run the following command to install 'curl' in Linux.
   
   

   $ sudo apt-get install curl
   
   
   

9. Open '.conkyrc' and start editing the file.
   
   

   $ sudo vi ~/.conkyrc
   
   
   

10. Go to yahoo weather page here. Search your city, check the address bar and copy the WOEID (Where on Earth ID).
    
    ['http://weather.yahoo.com/sri-lanka/central/kandy-2189780/']
    
    In my case from the URL I copied '2189780' to the existing id of '44418' in the '.conkyrc'.
11. Now run following command to run the Conky.
    
    

    $ conky 
    
    
    

12. While the Conky is running, change either gap_x and gap_y or uncomment '#alignment' to move the Conky around.
    
    That's it. Enjoy.