count-the-days-v2.0

conky-based desktop-widget countdown for days until a specific date

Requirements

You need to have conky installed:
sudo apt-get install conky-all -y

Installation

1. Extract the compressed file:
   tar -xvf count-the-days.tar.gz
2. Go to the .count-the-days folder and make sure the .sh and .py files have executable permissions:
   cd .count-the-days
sudo chmod +x *.[ps][yh]
   to make sure: ls -l
3. Edit the count-the-days.py file to use the date you want to count down to:
   vi count-the-days.py
4. Move the .count-the-days folder to your home directory:
   mv . ~
5. To run, execute the start.sh script:
   sh start.sh.
   Or in the terminal run:
   conky -c ~/.count-the-days/count-the-days.conkyrc
6. To autostart add:
   sh -c "conky -p 15 -c ~/.count-the-days/count-the-days.conkyrc"
   in startup applications. This will pause the start of conky for 15 secs to allow the window manager to load first.

Personal Comment

I have found this a while ago and realized that the conky config file was outdated, so I changed it to work with the current version of conky. I can't remember where I found it so if the original creator sees this make sure to let me know so I can give them the credits they deserve.