Wallpaper Switcher

A Gnome extension to change wallpapers after given interval of time.

Table of Contents

• Wallpaper Switcher
  • Table of Contents
  • Screenshots
  • Features
  • Getting Started
  • Getting Started
    • Prerequisite: Install Gnome Tweaks
    • Prerequisite: Install Gnome Extensions Manager or Gnome Extensions
      • Setting Up Gnome Extensions Manager
      • Setting Up Gnome Extensions
    • Install Wallpaper Switcher from Gnome Extensions
    • Install Wallpaper Switcher from source
  • Contributing
  • License
  • Features
  • Getting Started
    • Prerequisite: Install Gnome Tweaks
    • Prerequisite: Install Gnome Extensions Manager or Gnome Extensions
    • Install Wallpaper Switcher from Gnome Extensions
    • Install Wallpaper Switcher from source
  • Contributing
  • License

Screenshots

Features

This extension has following features:

• Easily set a folder containing wallpapers to apply
• Two available modes
  • Sequential : Wallpaper changes in a cyclic order
  • Random : Wallpaper changes in a random order
• Option to set time-delay in seconds

Getting Started

To use this extension, you will need

• Gnome Shell 3.34 or later

Getting Started

To use this extension, you will need

• Gnome 42 or later

Prerequisite: Install Gnome Tweaks

For Ubuntu,

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

For Fedora,

sudo dnf install gnome-tweaks

For Arch Linux,

sudo pacman -S gnome-tweak-tool

You may find Gnome Tweaks for other distributions as well. Install them accordingly.

Prerequisite: Install Gnome Extensions Manager or Gnome Extensions

I recommend using Gnome Extensinos Manager as it would make your life easier. Gnome Extensions needs few extra steps to be done

Setting Up Gnome Extensions Manager

For Ubuntu,

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager

For Fedora,

sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-manager

For Arch Linux,

sudo pacman -S gnome-shell-extension-manager

You may find Gnome Extension Manager for other distributions as well. Install them accordingly.

Setting Up Gnome Extensions

For Ubuntu,

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions

For Fedora,

sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extensions

For Arch Linux,

sudo pacman -S gnome-shell-extensions

You may find Gnome Extension for other distributions as well. Install them accordingly.

After installation, open your browser and go to Gnome Extension Website

You would be asked to add a browser extension, install the extension. Now you are ready to install Gnome Extensions.

Install Wallpaper Switcher from Gnome Extensions

If you are using Gnome Extensions Manager then open it and click Browse and search for Wallpaper Switcher

If you are using Gnome Extensions then Visit Wallpaper Switcher - GNOME Shell Extensions

Now Install it and you are done

Install Wallpaper Switcher from source

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/rishuinfinity/WallpaperSwitcher.git

2. Change current directory to repository

   cd WallpaperSwitcher

3. Now run

   chmod +x ./install.sh && ./install.sh

4. Hit ALT + F2, Type r and hit Enter

   If you are on Ubuntu wayland mode, then restart once.

5. Open Gnome Tweaks

6. Enable Wallpaper Switcher extension in Gnome Tweaks

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

Copyright © 2022- Rishu Raj