MERDE-WALLPAPER(1) General Commands Manual MERDE-WALLPAPER(1)

merde-wallpaperdisplay the MERDE desktop background

merde-wallpaper

merde-wallpaper loads a PNG image, scales it to the output width without changing its aspect ratio, centres it vertically, crops any vertical overflow, and publishes it as a layer-shell background. The program is normally started and managed by merde(1).

Selects the Wayland display.
Selects the PNG image. The default is /usr/share/backgrounds/merde/default.png.

The merde-wallpaper utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

merde(1), merde-config(5)

MOUSE August 17, 2026 MERDE-WALLPAPER(1)