How To Install variety on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install variety on Ubuntu.

What is `variety`

variety is:

Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.

Where supported, Variety sits as a tray icon to allow easy pausing and resuming. Otherwise, its desktop entry menu provides a similar set of options.

You can also install the following (suggested) packages to enhance Variety’s functionality on certain desktop setups:

feh | nitrogen: used for wallpaper changing on i3, openbox, and dwm
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator | gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-plus: adds tray icon / indicator support to GNOME Shell, so that Variety’s tray icon can be displayed

There are three methods to install variety on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install variety Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install variety using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install variety

Install variety Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install variety using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install variety

Install variety Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install variety using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install variety

How To Uninstall variety on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the variety package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove variety

Uninstall variety And Its Dependencies

To uninstall variety and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove variety

Remove variety Configurations and Data

To remove variety configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge variety

Remove variety configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove variety configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge variety

Dependencies

variety have the following dependencies:

References

variety website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install variety package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.