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I followed the steps but I cannot make it work for KDE plasma.

Hello @boi4,

I wanted to know if it would be possible to build a binary from the sources ? Even if the binary still requires the two major dependencies exiftool and libheif.

It would ease usage in scripts.

Also, just a side question : I looked at the generated dynwalls.service file and I find all my environment variables dumped into. Is it possible to dump only the required ones ?

Thank you for your script. I will test it more tomorrow 🙂

It would be awesome if the application could be packaged and distributed as a flatpak.

I'm new to ubuntu and using terminal and stuff and I'm having issues running the command python3 dynwalls use mojave.heic (i named my file mojave.heic if you're wondering). I get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "dynwalls/main.py", line 152, in
main()
File "dynwalls/main.py", line 148, in main
dw.act(arguments.action, arguments)
File "dynwalls/main.py", line 31, in act
getattr(self, actionname)(args)
File "dynwalls/main.py", line 76, in use
heic.extract_images(arguments.heicfile,
File "dynwalls/heic.py", line 31, in extract_images
subprocess.run(args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'heif-convert'

even though I've installed libheif like 60 million times. What should I do. Do I have to manually clone something else instead like something with only heif-convert? Also, how do I call to the file in the command where I select a .heif since i dont think im even doing that right haha. Pls help me I am a noob (I'm running PopOS which is based on Ubuntu by the way)

Hi, really interested in your project. However I got some problems, maybe you could help me.

I created .heic with this website, used jpg images, and timestamps instead of sun position.

I tried to install all the required libraries, and I think it went well.
I use Debian Buster 10(Raspbian buster to be precise) on RPI4.
X for display manager, i3wm for the window manager. Have wallpaper set with feh.

This is what I do:

❯ python3 dynwalls setcmd 'feh --bg-fill --no-fehbg {}'
Successfully updated wallpaper command.

❯ python3 dynwalls use ../dwallpaper.heic
Unknown file type in /home/mpisman/.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg
feh WARNING: /home/mpisman/.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper-1.jpg does not exist - skipping
feh: No loadable images specified.
See 'man feh' for detailed usage information

Well, hope to use your tool, since that is exactly what I was looking for.

Maybe it's a good idea add to the list of requirements the 'feh' package. I tried to execute python3 dynwalls use /path/to/image.heic and the output was:

File contains 4 images
Written to wallpaper-1.jpg
Written to wallpaper-2.jpg
Written to wallpaper-3.jpg
Written to wallpaper-4.jpg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/path/to/dynwalls_clone/dynwalls/__main__.py", line 150, in <module>
    main()
  File "/path/to/dynwalls_clone/dynwalls/__main__.py", line 146, in main
    dw.act(arguments.action, arguments)
  File /path/to/dynwalls_clone/dynwalls/__main__.py", line 30, in act
    getattr(self, actionname)(args)
  File "/path/to/dynwalls_clonedynwalls/__main__.py", line 87, in use
    self.update()
  File "/path/to/dynwalls_clone/dynwalls/__main__.py", line 137, in update
    subprocess.run(args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 501, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 966, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1842, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'feh' 

Also, when i tried to execute sudo apt install libheif the output was:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libheif

To install the heif-convert I had to execute sudo apt install libheif-examples that had that package. Maybe this only happens on Pop!_OS but I think that specify the name of the package to download could help someone :)

Hello,
This seems like a fantastic project that could allow me to easily use and swap dynamic wallpapers. So Kudos to the devs for than.
Unfortunately I've run into a couple of issues, which I just can not figure out. I'm pretty much a beginner and still learning, apologies for any mistakes.

I've read though the previous issues and #3 was a godsend. I'll list out everything I've encountered and resolved using it.
My system is Zorin OS 15
gnome-panel 3.26.0

Right off the bat, same thing happened to me with heif convert, I'd installed libheif-dev.
libheif-examples fixed that problem.
Along those lines, the package for exiftool was libimage-exiftool-perl.

dynwalls setcmd 'feh --bg-fill --no-fehbg {}' didn't work for me either, but the other command, gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///home/rinzler/.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper-1.jpg' did work without a hitch.
The output of cat ~/.local/share/dynwalls/config.json should be needed is:

{"wp_cmd": "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri \"file://{}\"", "dyn_config": {"ti": [{"t": 0.0, "i": 0}, {"t": 0.125, "i": 1}, {"t": 0.25, "i": 2}, {"t": 0.375, "i": 3}, {"t": 0.5, "i": 4}, {"t": 0.625, "i": 5}, {"t": 0.75, "i": 6}, {"t": 0.875, "i": 7}], "ap": {"d": 7, "l": 0}}}

After that, python3 dynwalls setcmd "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://{}" resulted in Successfully updated wallpaper command.

Great? Now I should be able to use the "dynwalls use command" right?
Executing python3 dynwalls use ./Wallpapers/Big-macOS-Sur.heic (Wallpapers is a directory I created) returns:

Could not read HEIF file: Invalid input: No 'meta' box
Usage:
  gsettings [--schemadir SCHEMADIR] get SCHEMA[:PATH] KEY

Get the value of KEY

Arguments:
  SCHEMADIR A directory to search for additional schemas
  SCHEMA    The name of the schema
  PATH      The path, for relocatable schemas
  KEY       The key within the schema

Well... perhaps a bad file, I tried again with python3 dynwalls use ./Wallpapers/Dome.heic, this returns:

File contains 2 images
Can't open /home/rinzler/-1.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image
Can't open /home/rinzler/-2.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image
Usage:
  gsettings [--schemadir SCHEMADIR] get SCHEMA[:PATH] KEY

Get the value of KEY

Arguments:
  SCHEMADIR A directory to search for additional schemas
  SCHEMA    The name of the schema
  PATH      The path, for relocatable schemas
  KEY       The key within the schema

This message:
Oh you should probably use set and not get, sorry :D
Originally posted by @boi4 in #3 (comment)

Helps solve something, now the outputs are:
For python3 dynwalls use ./Wallpapers/Big-macOS-Sur.heic:

Could not read HEIF file: Invalid input: No 'meta' box

And python3 dynwalls use ./Wallpapers/Dome.heic:

File contains 2 images
Can't open /home/rinzler/-1.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image
Can't open /home/rinzler/-2.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image

At this point while @ng2303's wallpaper at least applied, I couldn't, but I haven't yet run dynwalls enable if that matters.
My ~/.local/share/dynwalls/images directory is very much empty at this point.

Now, while python3 dynwalls setcmd "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://{}" still returned Successfully updated wallpaper command., it didn't solve the above problem of using the wallpaper.

Yes it should have been setcmd. Okay run this:

systemctl --user disable dynwalls.timer
rm ~/.local/share/systemd/user/dynwalls.timer
rm ~/.local/share/systemd/user/dynwalls.service
rm -r ~/.local/share/dynwalls
systemctl --user daemon-reload

# in the dynwalls directory
git checkout master
python3 dynwalls setcmd "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://{}"
python3 dynwalls use PATH_TO_HEIC
python3 dynwalls enable

Try to understand what these commands do before you use them.

Sorry for all the hassle, I think I will maybe run popos on a vm for testing and check whether this works.

Originally posted by @boi4 in #3 (comment)

I do understand what these do, and ran successfully, but trying to use my wallpaper, it's still:

File contains 2 images
Can't open /home/rinzler/-1.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image
Can't open /home/rinzler/-2.local/share/dynwalls/images/wallpaper.jpg: No such file or directory
could not write image

I ran the command by @flohw python3 dynwalls setcmd 'gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://{}" , but that doesn't fix the problem.

That was a terribly long winded explanation, but I wanted there to be as little confusion as possible, I can see that dynwalls is trying to use /home/rinzler/**-1.**local and /home/rinzler/**-2**.local instead of /home/rinzler/.local, but there's nothing on the internet, so I'm lost.

And as for journalctl --user -u dynwalls, well, there are no logs.

All my wallpaper are from Dynamic Wallpaper Club so they should work perfectly?