mate-backgrounds

• intltool >= 0.35.0

build-mate-backgrounds.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Define version
release="1.1"
version="1.1.0"
package="mate-backgrounds"
# Get
wget -c http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/$release/$package-$version.tar.bz2
# Extract
tar xvjf $package-$version.tar.bz2
# Go to inside folder
cd $package-$version
# Configure
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
# Compile
make
# Install
sudo make install

 gsettings set org.mate.background picture-filename '/path/to/file.jpg' 

In /usr/share/backgrounds/mate/nature/
however standard path should be /usr/share/wallpapers/ https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/DesktopThemeSpec/

but

GNOME use /usr/share/backgrounds/
KDE use /usr/share/wallpapers/




More about paths for wallpapers:

Mate
Here path you can choose in file .xml in /usr/share/mate-background-properties/file.xml

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE wallpapers SYSTEM "mate-wp-list.dtd">
<wallpapers>
    <wallpaper deleted="false">
        <name>%{name} 800x600</name>
        <filename>/usr/share/wallpapers/%{name}/contents/images/800x600.jpg</filename>
        <options>zoom</options>
        <artist>Revoluz</artist>
    </wallpaper>
</wallpapers>

This file is needed for read wallpapers from paths.

KDE4
This example maybe is not good, but I don't have kde tutorial.
Path: /usr/share/wallpapers/

# tree wallpaper-theme-uplos-bluepoint
wallpaper-theme-uplos-bluepoint
├── contents
│   ├── images
│   │   ├── 1024x768.jpg
│   │   ├── 1280x800.jpg
│   │   ├── 1440x900.jpg
│   │   ├── 1680x1050.jpg
│   │   ├── 1920x1080.jpg
│   │   ├── 1920x1200.jpg
│   │   └── 800x600.jpg
│   └── screenshot.jpg
└── metadata.desktop


2 directories, 12 files

Xfce4
Path: /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/

Lxde
Path: /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers/

Enlightenment 19
Path: /usr/share/enlightenment/data/backgrounds/
E19 in default supports .edj files, but with .png picture also will work.

.edj are compiled files
For unpack:

 edje_decc file.edj 

Example tree after unpack:

$ tree Windy_Palm
Windy_Palm
├── build.sh
├── e_bgdlg_new.edc-tmp-tYJf3v
└── Windy_Palm.jpg

0 directories, 3 files

For pack:

cd Windy_Palm
./build.sh

Last edit: Fri Sep 23 2016