Rotate Random pictures as wallpaper in Ubuntu with Webilder

Webilder delivers stunning wallpapers to your Linux desktop, directly from Flickr and Webshots. You choose what keywords (tags) to watch for, and photos are automatically downloaded to your computer. Webilder can also change the wallpaper every few minutes.
Webilder can…
* download flickr photos that match tags (for example: beach,party)
* download photos from flickr users of your choice.
* download most interesting photos from flickr.
* download amazing daily proshots from Webshots (requires Webshots account).
* automatically download new photos for you.
* change your wallpaper every few minutes.
* import webshots collections (wbz or wbc formats).
Install Webilder
Option 1.Download a deb package from GetDeb,double click to install.
Option 2.Download Webilder 0.6.4: Webilder-0.6.4.tar.gz.

Webilder requires Python >=2.4, Python Imaging Library (PIL) >1.1.4, GTK+>=2.6, PyGTK>=2.6, including Python bindings for gnome2 and gnome2-extras.

1. Install dependencies, according to your distribution:
* Debian or Ubuntu:

# apt-get install python python-gtk2-dev python-gnome2 python-gnome2-dev \
libglib2.0-dev python-gnome2-extras python-gnome2-extras-dev \
python-imaging

* Gentoo:

# emerge pygtk gnome-python gnome-python-desktop libgnomeui gnome-python-extras dev-python/imaging

2. Extract the archive and install it. You’ll only need root permissions for the last command:

$ tar xzf Webilder-0.6.4.tar.gz
$ cd Webilder-0.6.4
$ su
Password:
# python setup.py install –install-data=/usr

KDE users should replace the last line with following:

# python setup.py install –with-kde –install-data=/usr

Running Webilder

After installing Webilder, you should add it to your panel, so it can automatically download photos and change your wallpaper:

* GNOME Users: Right-click on the GNOME panel, choose “Add to panel”, and select “Webilder Webshots Applet”. If it is not in the list – log off and log in again.
* KDE Users: From the graphics menu, start KWebilder. Go to the preferences Window, to the Advanced Tab, and select KDE wallpapers settings.

When you first start this,you need to download photos or manually import photos by right-clicking the icon and select “Download Photos” or “Browser Collection”(File/Import…).

In Preferences,General tab you can set what time your wallpaper need to be refresh or photos download option.

Enjoy!

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