https://github.com/uttamkn/wally

A bash script to change wallpaper and terminal theme (learning bash scripting)
https://github.com/uttamkn/wally

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A bash script to change wallpaper and terminal theme (learning bash scripting)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/uttamkn/wally
• Owner: uttamkn
• Created: 2023-08-28T10:35:19.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-03T12:48:04.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-11-03T13:40:05.764Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Wally - theWallpaperChanger

## Dependencies 

- xwallpaper 

- python-pywal 

- neofetch

## Installation 

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.

```bash

git clone https://github.com/uttamkn/Wally.git

```

2. Navigate to this cloned repository and run the following commands to setup a new `~/.config/Wally` directory.

```bash

chmod +x ./install_wally.sh

./install_wally.sh

```

3. Add the following at the end of your `.bashrc` file that is located in the home (`~/`) directory: 

```bash

alias wally ='bash ~/.config/Wally/wallpaper-change.sh'     

wal -i ~//$(~/.config/Wally/save_wallpap.sh)

clear

```

5. Add the following to ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua:

```

awful.spawn.with_shell("bash ~/.config/Wally/toautorun.sh")

```

*Note: For any other window managers/desktop environments, make it such that `~/.config/Wally/toautorun.sh` runs whenever the terminal is launched.*

You have successfully installed Wally!

## Usage 

In your terminal, run:

```bash

wally .jpg

```

## Configuration

You can configure your scripts by modifying the corresponding configuration file. You can find that in `~/.config/Wally/` (created by `./install_wally.sh`).