Getting Webilder

Current version is 0.6.2, released on March 5, 2007.

Download: Webilder-0.6.2.tar.gz. Please see the installation instructions..

If you are interested in building a package to your distribution that will appear on this page, pleast drop me a line at thesamet at gmail.com.

On Ubuntu or Debian

  1. Add the appropriate source line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
    • For Debian sid (i386, amd64, powerpc or sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ sid main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ sid main
          
    • For Debian etch (i386, amd64, powerpc or sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ etch main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ etch main
          
    • For Ubuntu Dapper (i386, amd64, powerpc or sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ dapper main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ dapper main
      

      Alternatively, users of Ubuntu dapper who do not need KDE support can get a .deb package for Webilder provided by GetDeb and then skip to Running Webilder.

    • For Ubuntu Edgy (i386, amd64, powerpc of sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ edgy main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ edgy main
          
    • For Ubuntu Feisty (i386, amd64, powerpc of sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ feisty main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ feisty main
          
  2. Then do the following:
           # apt-get update
           # apt-get install webilder webilder-gnome webilder-kde
    

You can omit webilder-gnome or webilder-kde if you do not need GNOME or KDE support.

Debian/Ubuntu packages brought to you by Behan Webster of www.websterwood.com.

After installation completes, continue to Running Webilder.

Fedora Core 6

Tom Westcott (tom at cyberdummy.co.uk) kindly prepared packages for Fedora Core 6 and provided the following installation instructions: Download the RPMs:

For GNOME, install dependencies with:

sudo yum install gnome-python2 gnome-python2-extras \
gnome-python2-applet python python-imaging pygtk2
then install the RPMs with
sudo rpm -U python-webilder-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm \
python-webilder-gnome-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm
For KDE
sudo yum install PyQt-devel PyKDE python python-imaging pygtk2
sudo rpm -U python-webilder-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm \
python-webilder-kde-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm

Arch Linux

Download a PKGBUILD for GNOME or PKGBUILD for KDE.

Copy it to some directory and run makepkg as root. This will create a binary package that you can install using pacman -A.

Manual Installation

Download Webilder 0.6.2: Webilder-0.6.2.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-0.6.2.tar.gz
    $ cd Webilder-0.6.2
    $ su
    Password:
    # python setup.py install
    
    KDE users should replace the last line with following:
    # python setup.py install --with-kde
    

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.

Users who prefer the command line, can run webilder_desktop to configure Webilder and manage their photos. It is also possible to start photo downloading from the command line by starting webilder_downloader.

Please report any problem to thesamet at gmail.com.

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