This is a simple dynamic wallpaper plugin for KDE Plasma. Demo
This plugin ships with only one dynamic wallpaper. If you'd like to install more, please visit Additional Wallpapers page.
Arch Linux:
yay -S plasma5-wallpapers-dynamicopenSUSE Tumbleweed:
The dynamic-wallpaper plugin is available from home:KAMiKAZOW:KDE of openSUSE Build Service.
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S cmake extra-cmake-modules git plasma-framework qt5-base \
qt5-declarativeUbuntu:
sudo apt install cmake extra-cmake-modules git libkf5plasma-dev qtbase5-dev \
qtdeclarative5-devOpen the terminal and run the following command
git clone https://github.com/zzag/dynamic-wallpaper.gitOnce you have the source code, you can build the plugin
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib
make
sudo make installOpen desktop configuration dialog and select "Dynamic" wallpaper type.
Each dynamic wallpaper is composed of a bunch of images and associated metadata, e.g. sun positions, name, etc. The metadata is stored in a json file, which looks something like this
{
"KPlugin": {
"Id": "fancy-wallpaper",
"Name": "My Fancy Wallpaper"
},
"Wallpaper": {
"Preview": "preview.png",
"Type": "solar",
"MetaData": [
{
"Azimuth": 2.73,
"Elevation": -45.17,
"FileName": "image_1.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 56.83,
"Elevation": -24.75,
"FileName": "image_2.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 92.15,
"Elevation": 0.98,
"FileName": "image_3.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 128.26,
"Elevation": 29.67,
"FileName": "image_4.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 182.68,
"Elevation": 43.0,
"FileName": "image_5.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 235.51,
"Elevation": 27.56,
"FileName": "image_6.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 270.81,
"Elevation": -1.41,
"FileName": "image_7.png"
},
{
"Azimuth": 307.09,
"Elevation": -31.25,
"FileName": "image_8.png"
}
]
}
}All images(including the preview image) have to be stored in a folder called
images (see below). The preview image is optional, it's used only in the
configuration dialog.
foobar
├── contents
│ └── images
│ ├── image_1.png
│ ├── image_2.png
│ ├── image_3.png
│ ├── image_4.png
│ ├── image_5.png
│ ├── image_6.png
│ ├── image_7.png
│ ├── image_8.png
│ └── preview.png
└── metadata.json
Once you have all images and the metadata prepared, you can install the wallpaper
# Install the wallpaper user-wide.
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/dynamicwallpapers
cp -pr foobar ~/.local/share/dynamicwallpapers/
# Install the wallpaper system-wide.
sudo cp -pr foobar /usr/share/dynamicwallpapers/
