maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Conky now in fremantle extras-testing

	fnordianslip	2009-12-24 , 15:56
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Originally Posted by Shadowjump

Hello there, i am new to the N900 and new to Linux in general. Looks like you have to install this app using the TermX. Anyone care to post a quick guide? This app looks pretty useful!

Thank you.

Hi, congrats on getting your new N900 and welcome to Maemo and Linux.

Currently, Conky is in the Extras-testing repository, where it will remain until New Years Eve, and then will hopefully be promoted to Extras. It has enough votes already, so there should be no problem with the promotion, and there are no reported issues.

If you want to try it now, then you would need to enable the Extras-testing repo in application Manager, and then download the Conky package. See the Extras-Testing page in the wiki here. The section on "How to activate Extras-testing" tells you how to enable the extras-testing repo in Application Manager.

Please note that other packages in the extras-testing repo may be unstable and cause issues, so it is probably best to enable it temporarily if you wish to install conky, then disable it afterwards.

You will be pleased to know that you don't need to use the terminal to install it

Have fun

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