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OpenWallpaper Manager
This is the complete source code and builds instructions for the OpenWallpaper Manager. Video demonstration: YouTube
The OpenWallpaper Manager used in combination with the OpenWallpaper Plasma. Currently only for the KDE Plasma.
Possibilities
- Add, delete packages and read information about the wallpaper package
- Set play or pause, change volume and set up the wallpaper packages to play
- Behavior customization
Using the OpenWallpaper Manager simplifies the packages management. The Manager uses Qt D-Bus for transfer data between itself and plugin. All saved packages are placed in a hidden /home/.openWallpaper
directory. Also, an above directory contains a configuration file with a log.
Roadmap
- Send data directly into the wallpaper package
- Cross platforming
- Possibility to change data of the packages
Also, IDE for creating the wallpaper packages is planned
If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to email us.
Build instructions
The following packages must be installed from the official repositories for all distributives:
The following are the most popular distributives and the name of the packages that you need to install. If you are a user of a little-known distributive, that is not listed below, we recommend you to find and install analogs of these packages.
ATTENTION: Your system should be updated to the last release.
First you need download develop dependencies:
Ubuntu
# sudo apt install build-essential qtdeclarative5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev
Fedora
# sudo dnf install qt5-qtdeclarative-devel qt5-qtmultimedia-devel qt5-qtquickcontrols2-devel
Arch
# sudo pacman -S qt5-multimedia qt5-quickcontrols2
Build and installing
Now when all the necessary packages are installed, you can proceed with the compilation and installation.
Clone repository with flag --recursive
. Go to the Open Wallpaper Manager project directory and run the terminal. Now you should create a folder and enter it.
# mkdir build && cd build
Run CMake with the following parameters:
# cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
CMake can show an error if the system doesn’t have the necessary dependencies.
Start building the project:
# cmake -- build .
if you have more than 2 CPU cores or threads you can write -- -jХ
where X will be a number of cores/threads.
Example: cmake --build . -- -j4
Read cmake output and if the compilation was successful, you can install a plugin in the system directory with the following command:
# sudo make install
Success! Now you can run OpenWallpaper Manager like other programs from the menu.
Examples
There are several demonstration packages available now. You can create your own and publish it on reddit community page.
Third-party
- CMake 3.10+
- Qt 5.10+ (LGPL)
- Adwaita Icons
Support
Any help in the current moment will be very helpful. If you want to help, you can pick something of proposed options:
- Involvement with the project development
- Creating the wiki pages with needed (as you think) information for users
- Send an email with your idea
- Share information about that project
- Material help. Donation Alerts and Patreon. Also, you can send hardware for testing, we'll be so thankful to you
Acknowledgments
- Andrew Origin - help with README
- Arch linux comminity on Telegram - good advices about Linux
- KDE Plasma community on Telegram - ideas
- Bogdan Kachura - help with reddit