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I've had a downgrade on conky to fix the bugs.However,even with a 1.9.0-4 version it don't works as I expected.When I download some skins(the most of them) they don't appear on my desktop,have a bug when appear or even Conky Manager don't recognize them!I need to know how to fix this issue cause Conky is the one of the some reasons that I moved to Ubuntu.These are all skins that I want to download by now: (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1189601/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1260394/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1210661/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006522/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006521/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1110721/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1111160/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1111468/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006024/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1111536/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006398/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006133/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006266/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006348/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1260394/)

J-Mello
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  • Could you please add relevant information to your post: which skins do not work and from where we can download them? Also can try to read some good documentation from [the author](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki/User-Configs) and from ArchLinux wiki ([Conky](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky) and [Conky/Tips and tricks](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky/Tips_and_tricks)). – N0rbert Oct 01 '18 at 08:07
  • Ok! I will put here the links of specific skins that I want to download. – J-Mello Oct 01 '18 at 11:05

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As far I can understand from Conky Manager's source code it can install special prepared theme pack files (they are named *.cmtp.7z).

You can install such themes by pressing the corresponding button "Import Theme Pack (*.cmtp.7z)" on Conky Manager panel:

Import Theme Pack (*.cmtp.7z) button location

So you need to download such file from somewhere. I have tested theme named Arch Gotham from OpenDesktop and it installs normally on my Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS (I do not have Budgie, desktop is not a problem in current case) with conky-all and conky-manager from our previous Q&A.

Other way to install is to download *.cmtp.7z file, then drag it and drop it to the Conky Manager window.

As the result you will get the window shown below

Themes imported successfully

and theme/widget will be added to the list and may be shown on desktop (if enabled):

AMD BIOS - Arch Gotham is shown on desktop

Also you can check big theme collection Jesse_Supreme_conkys.cmtp.7z from Jesse Avalos.

Notes:
1. pre-installed themes are also in the *.cmtp.7z format (their archive is placed in /usr/share/conky-manager/themepacks/default-themes-2.1.cmtp.7z).
2. Conky Manager does not help to install themes from other archive types, but will show location of their conkyrc- and *.cmtheme-files. You should use some manual methods to install such themes (simple copy of contents to ~/.conky may work).

N0rbert
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  • Do you know if have a way to convert the skins that I liked to the `*.cmtp.7z` format? I need a digital themes like crystal and clock that letters and numbers have a bright color like the following:(https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1006266/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1111160/) (https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1189601/).I will find something by your tips too! I want a website like opendesktop that have a lot of skins.Thanks to answering for me! :) – J-Mello Oct 01 '18 at 21:50
  • I need to tell you too what happened when I did a downgrade:Some skins suddenly appeared! Then,my system did an update and now I have the newer version again.This can be another issue also! My downgrade was to 1.9.0-4 as Corey Goldberg teach in this tutorial: (https://coreygoldberg.blogspot.com/search?q=conky) I didn't type the last command cause I don't know a way to revert it in case of future issues. – J-Mello Oct 01 '18 at 22:33