How to move wallpapers to Gnome backgrounds folder

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#1

If I want to add my wallpapers to the standard wallpapers. How do I do that?

I copied them to /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/ but they dont get shown in my settings.

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#2

Did you copy them as root?

#3

Yes and they have been copied to the folder.

#4

Try to make a new folder, on the other hand Gnome does show your pictures folder in the settings also?

#5

That doesnt work either.

Yes, but I want to move it from there.

#6

Check the rights of the pictures you’re trying to move if they have read only rights, if so change them to read and write.

#7

nope.

Is this the right folder? /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/

#8

Yes it is.

#9

Interesstingly I can remove them and put them in there again. They vanish and show up again.

#10

Maybe this article will help you further.

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#11

I found a workaround.

If i put them in

/home/user/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds/

they show up as well and I dont have them in /home/user/Pictures anymore.

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#12

You can also drag them from Nautilus to “Pictures” in the background selector.

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#13

Sry, I have missed your answer somehow. Thats a really cool advice. By dragging the picture to the background selector it gets copied in

/home/user/.cache/gnome-control-center/backgrounds/

Now it makes sense the way it is organised it.

Thank you!

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