Great stuff... but how to uninstall it, if I won't like it anymore?

oscartheduck wrote a new makefile so just download the source again, cd to the directory and type make uninstall

Many thanks for your reply :)

I noticed that the makefile is broken in the current release, and that there's no uninstall target. So I fixed those things. Replace the current Makefile's contents with this stuff, and you'll be able to actually install this program. And then to uninstall, just use sudo make uninstall

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all:
g++ src/main.cpp src/window.cpp -o wpc `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtkmm-2.4`

install:
mkdir -p /usr/share/wallpaperchanger
cp wpc /usr/bin/wpc
chmod +x src/wpc-starter
cp src/wpc-starter /usr/bin/wpc-starter
chmod +r /usr/bin/wpc-starter
cp src/starter.py /usr/share/wallpaperchanger/starter.py
chmod +r /usr/share/wallpaperchanger/starter.py
cp logo.png /usr/share/wallpaperchanger/logo.png
chmod +r /usr/share/wallpaperchanger/logo.png
cp WPC.desktop /usr/share/applications/WPC.desktop
chmod +r /usr/share/applications/WPC.desktop

uninstall:
rm /usr/bin/wpc
rm /usr/bin/wpc-starter
rm -rf /usr/share/wallpaperchanger
rm /usr/share/applications/WPC.desktop

Thank you very much. i will include your makefile in the next release

I just tried to build on my testing branch Ubuntu 8.10---errors follow:

dean@linux:~/Desktop/wpc-0.5-daemon$ make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dean/Desktop/wpc-0.5-daemon'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dean/Desktop/wpc-0.5-daemon/src'
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -g -O2 -MT wallpaperchange.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/wallpaperchange.Tpo" -c -o wallpaperchange.o wallpaperchange.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/wallpaperchange.Tpo" ".deps/wallpaperchange.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/wallpaperchange.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
wallpaperchange.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
wallpaperchange.cpp:45: warning: ignoring return value of ‘int daemon(int, int)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -g -O2 -MT CheckContent.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/CheckContent.Tpo" -c -o CheckContent.o CheckContent.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/CheckContent.Tpo" ".deps/CheckContent.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/CheckContent.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -g -O2 -MT PicChangeLoop.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/PicChangeLoop.Tpo" -c -o PicChangeLoop.o PicChangeLoop.cpp; \
then mv -f ".deps/PicChangeLoop.Tpo" ".deps/PicChangeLoop.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/PicChangeLoop.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
PicChangeLoop.cpp: In function ‘int PicChangeLoop()’:
PicChangeLoop.cpp:35: error: ‘strcpy’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:48: error: ‘strcat’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:53: error: ‘strcat’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:59: error: ‘strcat’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:63: error: ‘strcat’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:73: error: ‘strcat’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:74: error: ‘system’ was not declared in this scope
PicChangeLoop.cpp:77: error: ‘system’ was not declared in this scope
make[2]: *** [PicChangeLoop.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/Desktop/wpc-0.5-daemon/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/Desktop/wpc-0.5-daemon'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Hi,
Please make sure that you have the stable version of libc6-dev (GNU C Libary) and
libstdc++6-dev (GNU C++ Libary) packages installed correctly. As ubuntu 8.10 is still in development phase these packages may contain bugs

Can you add a "sniffer" to tell if the system is on screen-saver (xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver) or power-save/sleeping & not change wallpaper at those times?

I use Wallpaper Tray .0.5.5 & find that my system will crash sometimes under those conditions--as soon as I disable wallpaper changing--my system is stable.

I would think that a simple pid check could enough......

Thank you for the comment.
The "sniffer" is a really good idea... i will try to add this

I currently do not have access to my Linux Desktop so I have to ask:
do the wallpapers fade into another or do they just switch in milliseconds?
Can you set the time in which they change?
Can you set specific times when to change, like use one for daytime and one for night?

Thank you for the comment. The wallpapers don't fade, but you can set the time in wich they change but you can't set any specific time like day or night, but i will try to add this feature