Dynamic Wallpaper Script for Ubuntu linux

This Script will automate the process of creating a Dynamic Wallpaper based on Light/ Dark theme of Ubuntu Linux.

Preview of dynamic wallpaper

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Installation

We have two files in this repo

1. dynamic_wallsh.sh
2. simple_final.sh

Both are exactly same but dynamic_wallsh.sh offers TUI based interactive selection menu built using whiptail

Usage

• Download the whiptail or simple version and perform the below operations
• If a file already has an executable permission, then execute flag will be indicated by the letter 'x' in the appropriate position after running the following command.

ls -l dynamic_wallsh.sh

Here is how it looks: -rwxr-xr-x

Example:

How to make a file Executable

• Open the terminal in the same folder where you downloaded dynamic_wallsh.sh and make it executable

chmod +x dynamic_wallsh.sh

• Then run the script from the terminal or by double clicking the file

./dynamic_wallsh.sh

Script Background Process:

Refer

• The script creates a Folder containing 2 images in gnome background wallpaper folder.
• Then it creates a xml file for these 2 images to switch the wallpaper based on the light or dark theme.
• The user can see this new dynamic wallpaper in gnome settings > apperance (where user selects wallpaper)

Credits

Creating dynamic wallpaper in gnome is explained in this site : https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-gnome-dynamic-wallpapers

I just created a TUI (terminal-user-interface) to automate the process.

TODO

• To add a funtionality to change the wallpaper based on time and date.