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README.md

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 # Nitrogen Random
 
-Simply changes your nitrogen desktop wallpaper to a random image from provided folder.
+Simply changes your [nitrogen](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nitrogen) desktop wallpaper to a random image from a folder.
 
 ### How to run ###
-Edit the script and make all variables valid:
 
-BGSAVED is the path to bg-saved.cfg of nitrogen, must be in your .config/nitrogen folder.
+* Carefully read the installation script and then launch it:
-
+```bash
-WALLPAPERS is the path to a folder where all your wallpapers are located.
+bash install.sh
-
+```
-You may also put it to crontab.
+* Follow the instructions.
+* Optionally edit your .nitrogen-random config file.
+* Try it by running nitrogen-random.
+* Optionally add it to your [crontab](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron)!

install.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ "$EUID" = 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "Please run without sudo."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d ~/.config/nitrogen/ ]
+then
+    echo "You don't have nitrogen installed! Please install it."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Now exporting default config file to ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random"
+echo "#Path to bg-saved.cfg of nitrogen, must be in your ~/.config/nitrogen folder." > ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo "nBGSAVED=/home/${USER}/.config/nitrogen/bg-saved.cfg" >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo " " >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo "#Path to a folder where all your wallpapers are located." >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo "nWALLPAPERS=/home/${USER}/Pictures/" >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo " " >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo "#Nitrogen policy for resizing and scaling." >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+echo "nMODE=4" >> ~/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
+
+echo "nitrogen-random will read config from ~/.config/ folder of ${USER}."
+decided=false
+while [ "$decided" == false ]
+do
+    echo "Choose an option:"
+    echo "1) It's okay, the config will be in /home/${USER}/.config/nitrogen/"
+    echo "2) No, I want to set the path on my own."
+    read input
+    if [ "$input" == "1" ]
+    then
+        decided=true
+        sed -i "s/{username}/${USER}/" nitrogen-random        
+    elif [ "$input" == "2" ]
+    then
+        decided=true
+        echo "Please write path to the config file in /usr/local/bin/nitrogen-random manually!"
+    fi 
+done
+
+chmod u+x ./nitrogen-random
+echo "Ready to install ./nitrogen-random to /usr/local/bin/"
+sudo cp -f ./nitrogen-random /usr/local/bin/
+sudo chown ${USER} /usr/local/bin/nitrogen-random
+
+echo " "
+echo "    All done! (>  < ) "

nitrogen-random

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 #!/bin/bash
 
-nBGSAVED=/home/naiji/.config/nitrogen/bg-saved.cfg
+#You can move the config .nitrogen-random anywhere, just replace the path here
-nWALLPAPERS=/home/naiji/Pictures/wallpapers/lewd/
+. /home/{username}/.config/nitrogen/.nitrogen-random
-nMODE=4
 
 export DISPLAY=:0
 
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 echo "mode=${nMODE}" >> ${nBGSAVED}
 echo 'bgcolor=#000000' >> ${nBGSAVED}
 
-nitrogen --restore
+nitrogen --restore