+ <para>For users compiling from source on a binary distro,
+ make sure you have the X development libraries installed
+ (Unless you provide configure with "--disable-x11"). This
+ should be a package along the lines of "libx11-dev" or
+ "xorg-x11-dev" for X11 libs, and similar "-dev" format for
+ the other libs required (depending on your configure
+ options). You should be able to see which extra packages
+ you need to install by reading errors that you get from
+ './configure'. You can enable/disable stuff by giving
+ options to configure, but be careful with disabling. For
+ example: with --disable-math you won't get errors but
+ logarithmic graphs will be normal graphs and gauges
+ will miss their line.
+ </para>
+ <para>Conky has (for some time) been available in the
+ repositories of most popular distributions. Here are some
+ installation instructions for a few:
+ </para>
+ <para>Gentoo users -- Conky is in Gentoo's Portage...
+ simply use "emerge app-admin/conky" for
+ installation.
+ </para>
+ <para>Debian, etc. users -- Conky should be in your
+ repositories, and can be installed by doing "aptitude
+ install conky".
+ </para>
+ <para>Example to compile and run Conky with all optional
+ components (note that some configure options may differ for
+ your system):