Update the xfce background with the bing wallpaper of the day
This cpp program lets you update the bing wallpaper of the day for Xfce4 environment desktop.
This program check first wether or not you already have the bing wallpaper of the day before downloading it. So it uses no bandwith unnecessarily. This program checks wether or not the bing wallpaper of the day is already set before setting it. This program will wait for an internet connection if the download fail /
So what are you waiting ???? Enjoy the bing wallpaper of the Day.
INSTALLATION
First check that you have boost and libpthread (install by default on unix like systems) if you want to compile the program
yourself. If not please do install boost libraries.
https://www.boost.org
Download the source in your home directory or wherever you like : ~/xfce_bing_wallpaper/main.cpp
run these commands : cd ~/xfce_bing_wallpaper/ && g++ -Wall -fexceptions -I/boost_install_dir/ -L/boost_install_dir/lib
-lboost_system
-lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_timer -lboost_chrono -lboost_thread -lpthread ~/Xfce_Bing_Wallpaper/main.cpp -o
~/xfce_bing_wallpaper.bin
If you have any issue to compile the program yourself, you can try to use the generated binary released for you
Now setup xfce
Go in session & startup
Add this command in startup script
~/xfce_bing_wallpaper.bin
Bravo it's OK your background will be updated everyday with bing daily wallpaper