Download Reddit pictures and set them as the desktop background
Defaults to downloading from /r/EarthPorn.
Designed for Ubuntu 16.04.
Currently supports GNOME, Unity, and MATE on Linux.
Plasma Desktop, Windows, and possibly macOS support planned.
If you’re running on Ubuntu 16.04, first install the system dependencies:
$ sudo apt install python3-gi gir1.2-glib-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-notify-0.7 gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
Then, optionally create a virtual environment to run in, and install pip
dependencies:
$ virtualenv -p python3 --prompt '(reddit-backgrounds) ' venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(reddit-backgrounds) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
Now, the program can be run:
$ ./reddit-backgrounds.py