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
- 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
- For Debian sid (i386, amd64, powerpc or sparc):
- 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:- python-webilder-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm
- python-webilder-gnome-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm
- python-webilder-kde-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm
For GNOME, install dependencies with:
sudo yum install gnome-python2 gnome-python2-extras \ gnome-python2-applet python python-imaging pygtk2then install the RPMs with
sudo rpm -U python-webilder-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm \ python-webilder-gnome-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpmFor 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.
- 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
- Debian or Ubuntu:
- 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.
