{"id":7759,"date":"2018-05-16T15:43:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2018-05-16T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:43:51","slug":"install-wallpapers-old-ubuntu-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/install-wallpapers-old-ubuntu-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"One Command to Install Wallpapers from Old Ubuntu Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/upgrade-ubuntu245.png\" alt=\"Ubuntu 18.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each Ubuntu release ships a list of wallpaper images in <b>\/usr\/share\/backgrounds<\/b> directory. These default wallpapers from old Ubuntu releases can be installed easily in your current Ubuntu desktop via a single command.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from application menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gnome-launch-terminal-450x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"230\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gnome-launch-terminal-450x230.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gnome-launch-terminal.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the terminal opens, run single command to install default wallpapers from <b>Ubuntu 6.10<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 7.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 7.10<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 9.10<\/b> to current.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ubuntu-wallpapers-* edgy-wallpapers feisty-wallpapers gutsy-wallpapers<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/install-old-wallpapers-600x389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/install-old-wallpapers-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/install-old-wallpapers-450x292.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/install-old-wallpapers-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/install-old-wallpapers.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t know why, but there&#8217;s no default wallpapers packages for Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 9.04.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch System Settings and navigate to background settings page. There you&#8217;ll find a large list of old wallpapers available for choice:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/change-wallpapers-600x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/change-wallpapers-600x426.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/change-wallpapers-450x320.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/change-wallpapers-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/change-wallpapers.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Ubuntu release ships a list of wallpaper images in \/usr\/share\/backgrounds directory. These default wallpapers from old Ubuntu releases can be installed easily in your current Ubuntu desktop via a single command. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from application menu. When the terminal opens, run single command to install default wallpapers [&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":[536],"class_list":["post-7759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-wallpapers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759","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=7759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}