On 2019-03-02 11:54 a.m., pmkellly(a)frontier.com wrote:
I thought I would tryout the F30 backgrounds. I got the
f30-backgrounds-30.0.0.tar.xz file and extracted the f30-backgrounds-30.0.0 folder. >
> Then I found the /usr/share/backgrounds folder on my F30 test
system. I saw an
f29 folder there, but decided not to change that but
instead made a new f30 folder in the /usr/share/backgrounds folder on
the f30 system. The default folder from the down load was copied into
the new f30 folder on the f30 system. > > Then I copied the remaining
items (folders with files and single files as received in the download
to the /usr/share/backgrounds folder on the f30 system. After that I
rebooted the f30 system. When the reboot was complete, I opened g-c-c
and opened the backgrounds tab and clicked the Background thumbnail.
When the selection window popped up I selected Wallpapers and scrolled
through the available images. The new images were not available. > >
Somehow I knew it couldn't be that simple. Is it complicated enough that
the new backgrounds really need to be installed using DNF somehow, or
could I do something to make it work? > > Hello Pat,
Have you copied the xml files in
/usr/share/backgrounds/f30/{default,extras}?
The easier ways is currently available on COPR repository:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/luya/f30-backgrounds/builds/
Luya