conky software package provides highly configurable system monitor (transitional package), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | conky |
| Version | 1.10.1-3 |
| Description | highly configurable system monitor (transitional package) |
| Sub Section | Utils |