Add Wallpapers to LXDE

[Neal ManBear]

So you've found the perfect wallpaper and want to add it to your LXDE desktop? Easy enough to do. Just follow these simple steps:

- Open File Manager Superuser Mode (found in the LXDE Control Center under System)
- Navigate to /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers
- Open PCManfm (or other file manager) and navigate to the location of the wallpaper you wish to add.
- Drag and drop the wallpaper into /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers
- Right click on the wallpaper and check its permissions to be sure they are set. (check one of the others for comparison)
- Exit File Manager Superuser Mode and PCManfm

- To apply your wallpaper, under Appearance and Settings, in LXDE Control Center choose "Set Wallpaper"
  or -
- Right click on your desktop and choose "Configure Desktop"
- Choose your new wallpaper and exit the set up
-Enjoy!

That's it. You can now begin to customize your LXDE desktop.

Neal

[melodie]

Hi Neal,

Usually I configure my wallpapers in Lxde as user. There is a folder in your home, '.local' with underneath a 'share' folder, where you can add a 'wallpapers' directory if none exists.

And change background from the PCManFM preferences menu, desktop tab.

[kolosus]

melodie. You're right that is another option. But in the first example the wallpapers are available to all users and in yours the wallpapers are only available to you. Both are correct.

[melodie]

Hi,

Would you want to force all users of your damn machine to use that same look'n'feel as this one you love best ? No, you can't be so crual ! (<joke inside> 

[lechuzo]

I thought it was enough with saving the jpg files in any folder (i just created a "wallpapers" folder in the folder "my documents" and then just to use them with the option "set wallpaper".  am i wrong? Sorry, but iḿ just a newbie (one weekend in pclxde -my first distro without M$ Winbug$).

[Neal ManBear]

I thought it was enough with saving the jpg files in any folder (i just created a "wallpapers" folder in the folder "my documents" and then just to use them with the option "set wallpaper".  am i wrong? Sorry, but iḿ just a newbie (one weekend in pclxde -my first distro without M$ Winbug$).

First --> Welcome to the forums.

No, you are not wrong, if it works for you. In my original post, I outline how to add wallpapers to your system and how to apply them. This method allows all users of the system to have access to the new wallpapers and to use them or not at their choice.

Melodie responded with a different method which is user centric.

There is often more than one way to accomplish a task. Some tasks really should be done a certain way but when it comes to how you set up your Desktop look 'n feel, choose what works for you. Your freedom to choose is part of what makes Linux so great.