conky software package provides highly configurable system monitor (transitional package), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install conky
conky is installed in your system.
Make ensure the conky package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep conky *
You will get with conky package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | conky |
| Version | 1.9.0-4 |
| Description | highly configurable system monitor (transitional package) |
| Sub Section | Utils |