How to install Variety on Ubuntu 17.04
To install Variety on Ubuntu 17.04
Variety is a wallpaper changer that changes on regular intervals using user-specified settings, as well as automatically download images form external sources. Apart from displaying images from local folders, several different online sources can be used to fetch wallpapers according to user-specified criteria. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Variety on Ubuntu 17.04.
Installation procedure
To start with the installation procedure, add the dependency package into repository via ppa by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# 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: keybox ' /tmp/tmpm83wp0t9/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmpm83wp0t9/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key C45A53C1A546BE4F: public key " Launchpad PPA for Peter Levi" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK
After adding the dependency packages. Update the machine by executing the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/peterlevi/ppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/peterlevi/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [864 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/peterlevi/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [864 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/peterlevi/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [548 B]
Fetched 17.7 kB in 3s (5,446 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
The target system is updated with the required repositories. Next install variety application by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install variety variety-slideshow
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-cogl-1.0 gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10
gir1.2-gtkclutter-1.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0
javascript-common libboost-python1.62.0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0
libjs-jquery libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 python-bs4 python-cairo python-cffi-backend
python-chardet python-configobj python-cryptography python-dbus
python-enum34 python-gi python-gi-cairo python-html5lib python-idna
python-ipaddress python-lxml python-ndg-httpsclient python-openssl
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Setting up variety (0.6.5-0~600~201708221925~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
Setting up python-ndg-httpsclient (0.4.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
The Variety application is installed successfully. Go to Ubuntu dashboard and type variety in the search bar and click on the icon to run the application.
The Variety application is open and running successfully.
The General settings in the Variety application allows user to set the preferences of the application through various settings.
The users can donate to the application via PayPal and other payment methods.
To change the wallpaper click icon in status bar, and click next.
Variety works with Ubuntu's global proxy setting (you need to restart Variety after you change this setting).