Getting Webilder

Current version is 0.6.5, released on December 23, 2009.

NOTE: Webilder does not work with KDE 4. If you would like to help with porting it, please let me know.

On Ubuntu or Debian

Option 1: Download a deb file from GetDeb.

Option 2: Download from Behan Webster's Repository.
  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 Hardy (i386, amd64, powerpc of sparc):
      deb http://debian.websterwood.com/ hardy main
      deb-src http://debian.websterwood.com/ hardy 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.

Download: Webilder-0.6.5.tar.gz. Please see the installation instructions..

Manual Installation

Download Webilder 0.6.5: Webilder-0.6.5.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-0.6.5.tar.gz
    $ cd Webilder-0.6.5
    $ 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.

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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