RandomWallpaperGnome3

Random Wallpapers for Gnome 3 is a gnome shell extension which fetches a random wallpaper from an online source and sets it as desktop background.

Installation (symlink to repository)

Clone the repository and run ./install.sh in the repository folder to make a symbolic link from the extensions folder to the git repository. This installation will depend on the repository folder, so do not delete the cloned folder.

Then open the command prompt (Alt+F2) end enter r to restart the gnome session. In the case you are using wayland, then no restart should be required.

Now you should be able to activate the extension through the gnome-tweak-tool.

Installing this way has various advantages:

Switching between versions and branches.
Updateing the extension with git pull

Installation (manually)

Clone or download the repository and copy the folder randomwallpaper@iflow.space in the repository to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/.

Then open the command prompt (Alt+F2) end enter r to restart the gnome session. In the case you are using wayland, then no restart should be required.

Now you should be able to activate the extension through the gnome-tweak-tool.

Uninstall

Run ./install uninstall to delete the symbolic link. If you installed the extension manually you have to delete the extension folder randomwallpaper@iflow.space in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/.

Debugging

Extension output can be followed with ./debug.sh. Information should be printed using the existing logger class but can also be printed with global.log() (not recommended). To debug the prefs.js use ./debug.sh perfs.

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