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) ...

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.