One alternative is to use feh. $ apt-get install feh #Install feh
Create this file, name it whatever. #!/bin/bash delay=10 #Timeout between image switch (seconds) directory=~/Images #Directory with files while true; do #Add '--recursive' in order to include sub folders too. feh --bg-fill --randomize $directory sleep $delay done $ chmod +x FILEPATH #make it executable$ cp FILEPATH /usr/bin #refer to the file only by it's name not the full path