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linux support?
I would be in favor of that too. One could extract wallpaper engine files and use them on linux with something like hidamari.
maybe ilnux support?
I had never worked with C# programming before, so I turned to ChatGPT for help. It told me to first install the dotnet-sdk. Since I’m using Arch Linux, the installation command with the package manager is:
sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk
In the RePKG/RePKG.csproj file of the project, ChatGPT pointed out that the project’s target framework is:
<TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>. This specifies .NET Framework 4.7.2, which is a Windows-only framework. By default, it outputs a Windows executable (.exe) that cannot run natively on Linux. ChatGPT suggested that I change it to:
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
Then use the following command to compile the project:
dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained true
Then, you will find your binary file in RePKG/bin/Release/net8.0/linux-x64/publish/
As I mentioned earlier, I'm not familiar with C#, so I'm unsure whether this is the best practice. However, it does produce a working binary. It displays correctly in the Wallpaper Engine Editor, but when I save it, and select my modified wallpaper in KDE wallpaper setting, it causes KDE Plasma to crash. (I'm using the plugin plasma6-wallpapers-wallpaper-engine-git from AUR, which allows KDE to display wallpapers that I’ve subscribed to from the Steam Workshop.)
In the
RePKG/RePKG.csprojfile of the project, ChatGPT pointed out that the project’s target framework is:<TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>. This specifies .NET Framework 4.7.2, which is a Windows-only framework. By default, it outputs a Windows executable (.exe) that cannot run natively on Linux. ChatGPT suggested that I change it to:<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
There was a pull request on this project submitted on April, and that one completely changed .NET library to version 8. Maybe trying to use that one?
Also, why not try Wine? winehq.org. You can just install .NET 4 as normal and run the application directly.
Also consider using RePKG-GUI
My fork has Linux Support: https://github.com/Parsa307/repkg
Commit made to support: https://github.com/Parsa307/repkg/commit/ed324d4a6156c021c5cbdc1dd9e0cdd3a81dfc60
