{"id":3114,"date":"2014-03-18T12:45:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:43:24","slug":"install-wallpaper-changer-syncwall-2-0-0-in-ubuntu-14-0413-1012-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/install-wallpaper-changer-syncwall-2-0-0-in-ubuntu-14-0413-1012-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Wallpaper Changer SyncWall 2.0.0 in Ubuntu 14.04\/13.10\/12.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-wallpaper-changer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3115\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-wallpaper-changer.jpg\" alt=\"syncwall wallpaper changer\" width=\"250\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE: SyncWall is NO LONGER in active development since 2014!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SyncWall, a wallpaper changer with multi-monitor support, is now at version 2.0.0. In this tutorial I will show you how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, or Ubuntu 12.04.<\/p>\n<p>As you may know, SyncWall is quite a basic wallpaper changer with the ability to <b>synchronize wallpaper change between several workstations<\/b> with a basic (and unsecured) client\/server protocol. Another interesting feature is a simple <b>multi-monitor support<\/b>. Because SyncWall is written with Qt, it runs on Windows and Linux.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-ubuntu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3116\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-ubuntu.png\" alt=\"syncwall-ubuntu\" width=\"560\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-ubuntu.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/syncwall-ubuntu-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Changes in SyncWall 2.0.0:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Autostart on linux<\/li>\n<li>Direct synchronization of wallpapers across network (sharing the same file is no more used)<\/li>\n<li>Add Romanian translation. Thanks to jaff.<\/li>\n<li>Change default location of translation file on linux (&#8220;\/share\/hotshots\/locale&#8221; instead of &#8220;\/share\/locale&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to keep wallpaper system settings (on Windows)<\/li>\n<li>Add MacOSX target<\/li>\n<li>Add debian package files<\/li>\n<li>Bug fixes:\n<ul>\n<li>find the correct path for translation files on linux in some cases<\/li>\n<li>incorrect display on multiple screen configuration in some cases<\/li>\n<li>incorrect display of splashscreen on linux in some cases<\/li>\n<li>incorrect decoding of image parameters during synchronization<\/li>\n<li>incorrect clipping with horizontal center alignment<\/li>\n<li>relaunch scheduler when wallpaper is changed manually<\/li>\n<li>invalid lock of UI in server mode<\/li>\n<li>incorrect behavior with fixed time scheduling<\/li>\n<li>compilation error on quite old CentOS platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Install SyncWall in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Webupd8 Team PPA, maintained by the popular Ubuntu Linux blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webupd8.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">webupd8.org<\/a>, provides the latest build of SyncWall for all current support Ubuntu releases.<\/p>\n<p>To add the PPA, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the command below:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard\/webupd8<\/pre>\n<p>Then update and install the wallpaper manager via:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install syncwall<\/pre>\n<p><b>(Optional) Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the ppa, run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt-get remove syncwall &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get autoremove<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:nilarimogard\/webupd8<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: SyncWall is NO LONGER in active development since 2014!! SyncWall, a wallpaper changer with multi-monitor support, is now at version 2.0.0. In this tutorial I will show you how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, or Ubuntu 12.04. As you may know, SyncWall is quite a basic wallpaper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[276,107],"class_list":["post-3114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-syncwall","tag-syncwall-ppa-repository"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}