Requirements

Requirements

Conky Studio (AppImage) does not need sudo or a package manager.
Conky (and a few optional tools) come from your system.

Required

Component	Why
Conky	Live Preview and every built theme run conky
Graphical session	X11, or Wayland on a supported compositor Compatibility

Check Conky:

conky -v

On Wayland, prefer a build that lists Wayland in that output. Some distro packages are X11-only.

• lm-sensorsCPU/board temperature sources
• playerctlMusic/now-playing nodes
• curl Weather and some scripted sourcesfonts you use in themes
• Avoid fallback typefaces on other machines

Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Pop!_OS (apt)

Required

sudo apt update
sudo apt install conky-all

Optional

sudo apt install lm-sensors playerctl curl
sudo sensors-detect   # once; follow prompts for hardware sensors

Fedora (dnf)

Required

sudo dnf install conky

Optional

sudo dnf install lm_sensors playerctl curl
sudo sensors-detect

RHEL/CentOS Stream/Alma/Rocky (dnf)

Required (EPEL often needed for conky)

sudo dnf install epel-release
sudo dnf install conky

Optional

sudo dnf install lm_sensors playerctl curl
sudo sensors-detect

openSUSE Leap/Tumbleweed (zypper)

Required

sudo zypper install conky

Optional

sudo zypper install sensors playerctl curl
sudo sensors-detect

Arch Linux / Manjaro / EndeavourOS (pacman)

Required

sudo pacman -S conky

Optional

sudo pacman -S lm_sensors playerctl curl
sudo sensors-detect

Void Linux (xbps)

Required

sudo xbps-install -S conky

Optional

sudo xbps-install -S lm_sensors playerctl curl

Gentoo (emerge)

Required. Enable the USE flags you need (e.g. wayland, X, lua)

sudo emerge --ask app-admin/conky

Optional

sudo emerge --ask sys-apps/lm-sensors media-sound/playerctl net-misc/curl
sudo sensors-detect

Alpine (apk)

Required

sudo apk add conky

Optional

sudo apk add lm-sensors playerctl curl