A script which downloads the latest picture of the day from Bing.com and saves it to a directory.
The script was tested on: Ubuntu 12.04 - 15.04
- Just run the bing-wallpaper.sh script from the terminal. The script will download the bing image.
- If desired, change the default PICTURE_DIR in bing-wallpaper.sh to the wallpaper directory. If left unchanged the default value is ~/Pictures/bing-wallpapers/.
TL;DR:
- To install Gnome background slideshow, in the terminal run:
$ git clone https://github.com/arashsoft/bing-wallpaper.git
$ bing-wallpaper/Tools/gnome-bing-slideshow/deploy-gnome-settings.sh
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Register
bing-wallpaper/Tools/startup.sh
to run regularly. -
Change the background properties to use the new slideshow.
How to register bing-wallpaper.sh or bing-random-pic.sh to run regularly.
There are two ways to run the scipts regularly: cron jobs and startup applications.
- Cron jobs:
- Change the path of bing-wallpaper.sh in Tools/bing-cron to the desired script location. If left unchanged the default value is ~/Pictures/bing-wallpaper.sh.
- From the terminal run
crontab /path/to/bing-cron
to setup the cronjob.
- Startup programs:
- From HUD, search for startup applications.
- Add bing-random-pic.sh or bing-wallpaper.sh.
The Ubuntu script was tested in Ubuntu 12.04 - 13.10.
Original script by ktmud can be found at https://github.com/ktmud/bing-wallpaper.