How To Install wallch 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 wallch on Ubuntu.

What is `wallch`

wallch is:

Wallch is a wallpaper changer for keeping your desktop fresh and new. It supports the following Desktop Environments: Gnome (with or without Unity integration), LXDE, XFCE and Mate.

Some random features:

Live Website - set as wallpaper any webpage you wish
Live Earth - a live picture of the earth
Picture Of The Day - taken from wikipedia, changing daily
Wallpaper Clocks - wallpapers that tell you the time
Folder Monitoring

There are three methods to install wallch 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 wallch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wallch

Install wallch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wallch

Install wallch 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 wallch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wallch

How To Uninstall wallch on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove wallch

Uninstall wallch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wallch

Remove wallch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wallch

Remove wallch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wallch

Dependencies

wallch have the following dependencies:

References

wallch website

Summary

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