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How can I get Variety working on Hyprland?

I'm trying to use Variety in Hyprland, but I haven't found an article or a Question anywhere on the web.

Can anyone tell me how I can integrate it in my hyprland.conf?

Solution

  • As detailed here https://www.lorenzobettini.it/2023/05/hyprland-and-the-variety-wallpaper-manager/ you must first install swaybg and then you edit the file ~/.config/variety/scripts/set_wallpaper by changing the line

    if [[ -n $SWAYSOCK ]]; then

    into something like

    if [[ -n $SWAYSOCK || $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP == "Hyprland" ]] ; then

    or simply (if you don't plan to use "sway")

    if [[ $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP == "Hyprland" ]] ; then

    Now, Variety can change your wallpaper.