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Change backgroud from terminal

Asked by Mauro Sebastian Ferraresi

Hi, I'm trying integrate IoT tecnologic with my pc and I want know if exist any command to change backgrouds from terminal.
Thx.

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James Lu (jlu5) said : 		#1

Hi,

Feel free to take a look at set_wallpaper in the source: https://github.com/varietywalls/variety/blob/master/data/scripts/set_wallpaper

Variety changes the wallpaper by passing the wallpaper file to this script, which in turn invokes a command to change the wallpaper based on your desktop environment. (If you're only using a window manager, set_wallpaper also tries standalone wallpaper changers feh and nitrogen.) The exact command varies by desktop, but hopefully you can find something useful there.

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Peter Levi (peterlevi) said : 		#2

Or you can just use the script directly.
Alternatively, if you have Variety running all the time, you may also just do "variety --set /path/to/wallpaper".

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