Install / Update Variety 0.5.0 on Linux Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA

Variety 0.5.0 Is a Great Wallpaper Changer with Online Sources and Tons of Features on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems

Variety can do some simple stuff, like changing the locally hosted images, but that's not really the point. First of all, users will see that it runs in the background and that you can invoke it pretty easily. It's easy to set some online sources for the images and you can also set it to download something different every 30 minutes, for example. The simple surprise factor makes this feature alone totally worth it.

"Variety is packed with great features, yet slim and easy to use. It can use local images or automatically download wallpapers from lots of online sources, allows you to rotate them on a regular interval, and provides easy ways to separate the great images from the junk. Variety can also display wise and funny quotations or a nice digital clock on the desktop," notes the developer.
 

changes in Variety 0.5.0:

• Wallhaven has replaced Wallbase.cc;
• Reddit support (on the General tab, click "Add" on the right, select "Reddit" and add a subreddit as a source - examples: "/r/wallpapers", "/r/EarthPorn", etc.).

To Install / Update Variety 0.5.0 on Linux Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA :

you can install the application via a simple PPA. open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install variety

 

To remove application from your ubuntu, like this :

sudo apt-get remove variety