How to install Variety 0.6.0 in Ubuntu
To install Variety 0.6.0 in Ubuntu
Variety is an automatic wallpaper changer application that changes the desktop wallpaper on regular basis. It suits for popular desktop environments including Unity, Gnome Shell, KDE, XFCE,etc. The Variety application allows the users to rotate the process on regular interval and also displays funny quotes or digital clock on the desktop. Installation of Variety 0.6.0 in Ubuntu is explained in this article.
Installation of Variety 0.6.0
First add the repository to the system with following command.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa Contains packages for the Variety wallpaper changer http://launchpad.net/variety More info: https://launchpad.net/~peterlevi/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvhx6zpik/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpvhx6zpik/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key A546BE4F from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmpvhx6zpik/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key A546BE4F: public key " Launchpad PPA for Peter Levi" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK
Then update added repository with apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease &hellip &hellip Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en Fetched 17.7 kB in 10s (1,657 B/s) Reading package lists... Done
Now run the below command to install variety.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install variety variety-slideshow
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
&hellip
&hellip
Setting up variety (0.6.2-0~570~201608092115~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
Setting up variety-slideshow (0.1-0~21~ubuntu15.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
To open variety application, just enter variety in the terminal.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# variety
Welcome page of Variety will display as shown below. Click on continue option for further process.
In the Variety Preferences window, you can customize the settings. First in General tab, fix the wallpaper changing time and downloading websites.
In Effects tab, edit the filters, quotes and clock.
In Slideshow tab, customize the following details.
In Manual downloading tab, configure the downloading path.
In Customize tab, customize the icon and then click on close option.
Now you can able to see the specified wallpaper on the desktop. If you want to change next wallpaper follow the below given steps.
Select Wallpaper selector for quick change.
Click on start slideshow option to start a slideshow.
Click on Preferences option to change the preference.
Click on About variety option to know more about variety application.