Install Arch Linux with HYPRLAND and QTILE. With dotfiles 2.7.1. Complete installation guide.
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- In this video I will explain how you can install Arch Linux with Hyprland and Qtile with the new dotfiles 2.7.1. I will explain all required steps to get a running system with the window managers on your computer or QEMU based virtual machine.
I will choose the minimal profile for Arch Linux as an easy and fast to install foundation. That's very easy with the archinstall script, shipped with the Arch Linux ISO.
You can download the latest ISO of Arch Linux here:
archlinux.org/download/
The install script of the dotfiles will install then all required packages for Hyprland and Qtile on Arch Linux.
The installation will take around 25 minutes depending on your download speed and CPU performance.
You can find all steps from the video also here:
gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotf...
The documentation of Hyprland and Qtile:
wiki.hyprland.org/
docs.qtile.org/en/stable/
You can find the dotfiles 2.7.1 on my GitLab repository:
gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotf...
After a successful installation you will get Hyprland with these applications:
Terminal: alacritty
Editor: nvim
Prompt: starship
Icons: Font Awesome
Launch Menus: Rofi
Colorscheme: pywal
Browsers: chromium (brave optional)
Filemanager: Thunar
Cursor: Bibata Modern Ice
Icons: Papirus-Icon-Theme
Status Bar: waybar
Screenshots: grim & slurp
Clipboard Manager: cliphist
Logout: wlogout
Screenlock: swaylock-effects
and Qtile (if selected) with
Terminal: alacritty
Editor: nvim
Prompt: starship
Icons: Font Awesome
Launch Menus: Rofi
Colorscheme: pywal
Browsers: chromium (brave optional)
Filemanager: Thunar
Cursor: Bibata Modern Ice
Icons: Papirus-Icon-Theme
Status Bar: Qtile status bar
Compositor: picom
Screenshots: scrot
Learn how you can use Linux for your work.
Linux is a great Operating System (OS) to support me daily at my business. Linux is stable, fast and you can customize it to individual needs. In this channel, I want to share my setup of Arch Linux and show how I use my system as a daily driver.
My name is Stephan Raabe and I'm a Digital Marketing Professional with more than 20 years of experience in B2B Digital Marketing, computer science and web technologies.
This channel provides tutorials about Linux, the distribution Arch, window managers (e.g. Qtile) and desktop environments, and Microsoft 365 (Office 365) plus other cloud based services that I use in Digital Marketing activities.
👉 ML4W Dotfiles for my Linux configuration: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotf...
👉 ML4W Dotfiles Wiki: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotf...
👉 ML4W Hyprland Starter Package: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/hypr...
👉 ML4W Hyprland Settings App: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/ml4w...
👉 Homepage: www.ml4w.com
👉 Discord: / discord
👉 Arch Installation Script: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/arch...
👉 MyChatGPT Python Script: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/mych...
00:00 Overview
01:14 Preparing the Virtual Machine
02:23 Arch Linux Installation
07:18 Installation of dotfiles
13:38 Testing Hyprland and Qtile
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When you describe your dotfiles and where to find them, I miss the "you can download them, use them, modify them, fork them, do with them whatever you want!" part from your earlier videos. It was funny, inspiring and friendly. :)
You’re right. Forgot saying that this time.
@@mylinuxforworkDon't take it as negative criticism, it's just a signature part of your videos that I like so much! ❤
You've just saved me a lot of valuable time and imparted fantastic practices on organizing configuration files. Thanks a ton for sharing this! Keep up the great work 🚀
Thank you so much for your feedback.
hello, I got started on hyprland thanks to you. your work is incredible. I'm still getting lost but I'm discovering lots of things about its use. looking forward to seeing the rest of your work ;)
Thank you.
Thank you for this video. The instructions worked flawlessly. I'm new to hyprland and I'm learning a lot thanks to your videos.
Thanks for your feedback.
You have great content, and your work has been fantastic. Thank you for a quick way to install Arch with arguably the slickest, most fantastic-looking DE/WMs.
Thank you so much.
Thank you very much Stephan! You've done incredible work implementing, maintaining and explaining the dotfiles. I just installed version 2.8.4 and it's just impeccable. You've built such a beautiful, user-friendly and easy to customize environment! Looking forward to your new videos. Greetings from Evergreen State. Keep rocking!
Thank you so much for your feedback. It motivates me a lot.
Awesome, mate! I thought I give it a try and and I'm totally delighted. Makes hyprland almost feel like a fully fledged desktop environment. Still figuring out functionalities.
Thanks for your feedback. The release date of 2.8 is today. 👍
Thank you once again for keeping the FULL TUTORIAL up-to-date.... It most likely gets annoying to do EVERYTHING over again and explain, but I appreciate it..
Thank you. More users are using the dotfiles and I want to give them a smooth start.
Man, you are amazing. Great work and thank you so much. And that is so cool that you answer to every single comment too. I think, that is what internet was made for.
Thank you so much.
Really amazing ! Good job Stephan 👍🏻
Thank you.
This clip is a real timesaver! It's amazing to find a complete, easy-to-use guide for installing Hyprland. Thanks a lot for putting this together and sharing it. It's super helpful for people who want to use Hyprland but can't spend hours figuring it out. Your work is really appreciated!
Completely agree. I've said it before, but his videos make me learn and be able to configure my own settings that are different from his, but without spending the weeks I'd need to figure everything out step by step on my own.
I figured out how to install Arch by myself before I found his channel and just that took me 2 days before it was working without being broken 😂 (before I knew there was an Arch install wizard)
Thank you so much for your feedback.
oh wow, very nice. I was using the 'hyperdots', but yours is so much better! Congrats
Thank you very much. Isn’t it great that so many linux users sharing their ideas? And hyprdots are great as well.
Thank you very much for me having an easy to install, so beautiful OS customization
Thank you.
This script is insane af. Such a great work thanks.
Thank you.
Hi, Just wanted to say thank you for providing your dotfiles. It was so easy to install and use.. especially for someone like me who has very limited knowledge about linux in general.. The dotfiles are very stable for daily use. Subbed for future updates and hoping the very best for your channel
Thank you so much for your feedback.
Hallo Stephan Danke für dieses großartige Tutorial. Das ist meine erste Berührung mit Hyprland. Mal schauen ob ich dabei bleibe oder es nicht doch noch zu Kompliziert ist mit den ganzen Tastenkürzeln 😁😁 Mach weiter so .
Danke Dir. Viel Spaß mit Hyprland.
Stephan i installed your script and its working pretty well its just awesome. U made script to show running apps then like plank like appearance is thing missing at bottom. Everything is superrb🎉
Thanks.
Another great video!
Thanks
Very good job ! Thank you !
Thanks.
This is so good 👍 ❤️❤️❤️ love your video
Thanks.
This looks so interesting.. im gonna check your stuff out...
👍
wonderful video mate. thanks.
Thank you.
wow
great work!
I cannot believe we can install it for free!
Sure. Have fun with it.
Because of your dotfiles I learned to love Arch and Hyprland even more, you made everything easier to access, especially for people like me who came from DE like Cinnamon. This might be too much to ask, but I'm really new to ricing and stuff, but it would be really nice if there's a tutorial on how to modify your dotfiles, so I can switch out yay with paru, and change the default browser on install, and also choose whether to use bash, zsh, or fish. Thanka!
Hi. Thank you for your feedback. Your request makes totally sense.
@@mylinuxforwork thanks for hearing me out, I’ve been loving your dotfiles, it made my every day task much more efficient because most of the time I just need to use keybinds. Thank you for making this!
Thank you so much ❤
👍
Let me tell you, you are a genius my Dear Friend.
Thank you so much.
Great work. I'm enjoying your desktop experience. One feature in the Theme settings for Hyprland, which would be nice, is the ability to reset back to the look you gave us after the fresh install. I changed the themes for Rofi and Waybar and now I can't return them to how they were before.
You could run the install script again and skip the restore step.
i m a complete linux noob beginner and i m sit here on my old i5 desktop ho workmachine and still on the install .. i look now over 30 min on the screen and see all the compiling and downloads etc. and it feels like i m hacking the white house :-D hope the setup dont mess and everything workss fine.. let s see .. ich in gespannt wie ein Flitzebogen!! Danke für deine Arbeit die Du da reingesteckt hast lieber Stefan.. grüße aus Berlin Kreuzberg ! ICh will weg von Windows !!
Danke dafür.
Thank you for your video. Is it included in any of your tutorials how to uninstall and remove everything when we decide we don't want to use anymore. I always like trying things out and then on to the next new toy. But like to clean things up along the way due to a small sdd drive.
Hi. The latest version of the dotfiles includes an uninstall script. You can launch it from the welcome app. It will remove all dotfiles configurations but will not uninstall packages.
Thank you very much ! Im new to linux but the instructions is very clear and easy. Everything working just fine. There's a thing that bothering me is the waybar icon is too big for my screen resolution so there's no free space between the icons 😂 ( my monitor 1440x990 ). Already set my screen resolution in config but still the same, I don't know if there's a way to fix this. For now i use the ML4W minimal theme because this one had smaller icon 😁
In that case I would suggest to hide some waybar modules with the settings app.
Hello Stephan. Thank you for your dotfiles and scripts, they have been very helpful for me and they work great.
I wanted to ask you where can I change the overall system font. Thank you.
You can change the font of the GTK Apps with nwg-look. The rest of the fonts are hard coded.
Yesterday I installed your script and it's really great, a piece of excellent work you've done. If possible, could you add the option for NVIDIA driver installation along with the necessary changes in the relevant files? It's not an issue for someone with basic knowledge, but it might be challenging for a layperson. Thank you for sharing the script.
Thank you for your feedback. It’s already planned. But needs more testing….
I just updated to 2.7.1 from 2.7.0 and it works great. I tried out QTILE and I personally don't like it... I love Hyprland... I for a bit there was stuck on the German keyboard layout, but a few dotfile reinstalls later I got it working. What's new in 2.7.1? Great work as always Stephan!
Thank you very much. Again some stability improvements and optimization of the installation scripts. Plus gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG?ref_type=heads
Greetings Stephan and happy new year, I love your work and the beautiful configurations of hyprland and qtile, but for my daily life I like using hyprland more, everything is incredibly easy with your automated scripts leaving you with an incredible work environment and a very Satisfactory experience in arch, which has been my distribution for years and I am very happy with it.
Everything works very well in your configurations, I would only ask you for a small suggestion that I missed, it is with the mouse to change the size of an active window and I did not find or I do not know if it is included in the configuration, but in other configurations with hyprland yes I found it and although it is not a manager to use the mouse, the truth is that it is comfortable to reduce or enlarge the window with the mouse, just that and it is not a criticism in any way of your great work, it would just be great! ! I provided it in other configurations and it is very comfortable to click the mouse with the pointer and change the size of the window, thank you very much in advance and I am very grateful for your videos and channel and above all for your great work!!!
A greeting from Spain!!!
Hi. Thank you so much for your feedback. Please try SUPER+RightMouse and change the size of a window. You can also change the size of floating windows with this combination.
Hola señor, En el modo de mosaico no se puede cambiar el tamaño de una sola ventana. Tienes que cambiar al modo flotante, luego puedes usar los botones META y del mouse para mover o cambiar el tamaño de esa única ventana.
Hola, My Spanish is rusty so in English. In tiling mode you can resize a single window. You have to change to floating mode then you can move or resize it with META and the mouse buttons.
@@donaldwilliams6821 Thank you very much for your response and your help, and I do apologize for my English being somewhat weak, I need to refine it more, I'm sorry and thank you very much for your help.
A greeting and very grateful.
Thank you very much for all the answers and your help, I am very grateful to you all, I leave you a small video capture, where I show in a configuration that I have of JaKooLit that I am using on one of my machines what I wanted to show with the mouse by quickly resizing any window, and thanks again, greetings!!!
Hi Stephan thank you for the work on your dots. Quick question is it possible to override some of your keybindings with the use custom.conf? for example instead of "bind = $mainMod, RETURN, exec, alacritty" use "bind = $mainMod, RETURN, exec, kitty"
Sure. You can copy the default.conf files in dotfiles/hypr/conf/keybindings in the Hyprland settings script and change everything how you like it. SUPER+CTRL+S
Flawless work Stephan! Thank you so much for sharing. Is the adding of QTile the main difference between v2.7.1 and v2.7? Regards form Córdoba, Argentina.
Thank you. Again some more stability improvements and more gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG?ref_type=heads
¡Hola Argentina! QTILE ha estado disponible desde el principio. Originalmente con soporte para Wayland y X11. Ha estado agregando algunas funciones muy interesantes como ChatGPT y más control sobre la configuración de la GUI.
¡Hola!@@donaldwilliams6821, pregunté porque en el video de la v2.7 Stephan indicaba explícitamente que si se usaba wayland nos quedáramos con Hyprland. En las versiones 2.6 si venían Hypr y Qtile, eso si. Gracias por la respuesta.
Hola cordobes, aca otro, jodiendo con Arch en mis ratos libres, y aprovechando el zarpado canal de Stephan!
¡Hola@@danielgonzalez2582! Yo igual, tratando de hacer de Arch mi sistema principal. ¡Saludos!
Would love to see driverless printing and scanning with the devices communication done over IPP added one day to the installation script.
You can add that during the install of the OS, under additional packages menu. Also if you were layering this on another distro like ArcoLinux, EndeavorOS, Manjaro, they have tools for managing that and many other features. His gift to us all is a wonderful, stable Hyprland/Qtile configuration.
Thanks.
Hello Sir ! thanks for the work I speak as a total Linux beginner you've helped me a lot with this video I managed to install everything and it worked quite fine but as a total NOOB I had a hard time figuring out how to actually use the system i'm here to ask if you could please maybe make a video explaining every shortcuts what they do how to change them and also maybe a tour overall of how to config the system I could not install Nvidia proprietary driver and I had to go back to kde plasma which I understand better but it's frustrating because it looked better with your config
Thanks for your feedback. The version 2.8 will include a welcome app with links to all settings and showing all keybindings. The video about customizing the dotfiles makes totally sense. Unfortunately, Hyprland doesn't support officially Nvidia drivers. But there are ways to install it. I will look into it in the future.
Nice to hear that ! yesterday just right after I wrote my comment I went and install again this time I managed to understand the shortcut better and I enjoyed it alot sadly I broke my system doing something and did not installed Timeshift before tweaking I'm about to redo a clean install and this time do a backup first ahah last time the only things I could not figure out was using a mp4 as wallpaper and configure the ASCII showing up in the terminal but that's two purely aesthetic thing thanks again for your amazing work i'm looking forward to the 2.8 will it be possible to upgrade from existing install of your script or is it required to do a fresh install each time you update your files ?@@mylinuxforwork
@@YatsuraHeadOn hi. Thanks for your feedback. You can update to 2.8 with the install script. You find the guide for updating on Gitlab.
Thank you so much for this great tutorial ! can you please tell me how can i install your config on an existing arch/hyprland machine ? ( i'm arch newbie )
It's described in the README. Download the installer app and go ;-) gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles#installation-1
Hey, I have a Question. I am somewhat new to linux but im up to a challenge so i wanted to try installing and playing around with hyprland. In your videos, you use a ~/dotfiles folder, right? but usually all the config is stored in ./config. In the script in the video the script did create a symlink, right? If I want to change the location of the config folder manually, how can i do that, because i just see you have this dotfiles folder but I haven't found a tutorial on how to get there. Thank you in advance!
Thank. Currenty the dotfiles folder must be located in your home folder. I'm currently thinking about to make this location for dotfiles and the name flexible, Let's see....
Hi! Thanks a lot for your amazing videos and dotfiles! I have a question, though, you say at the end of the video (17:21) that the performance in terms of memory consumption is very low. How different is this in term of RAM consumption in comparison with a real machine? What are the variables and how much can affect the numbers? I've seen hyperland configurations that go up to 2.5 GiB of RAM, so it's a hard no for low RAM machines, but I've never seen a session with 0.5 MiB tbh.
Hyprland requires some power. That's correct but works also on older hardware. I use it on an old Thinkpad in addition to my desktop system. Only on VM I see performance issue. Hyprland is made for hardware.
@@mylinuxforwork Thanks for replying! I miss a video/article comparing RAM requirements on different WMs, I don't know if there's any, but I didn't find anyone. Do you think it is possible to set a hyperland session that uses
Hey, how are you?
Your configuration is very beautifull. Your repo is very clean. I realy like your work.
How to adapt only your hyprland configuration, with the colors, config, shorcuts, etc. to other GNU LINUX, like nixos?
Thanks for your feedback. Currently only Arch based distros are supported. But more platforms will come in the future.
Hello, I have a question I'm using some programs running trough flatpak and I want it to match the theme, is there any way to do that?
Not sure if this is possible. Depends on the UI framework that the flatpak app is using.
A really nice job! Unfortunately I've already have arch installed with KDE: is it possible to use your script - maybe from a TTY if it is udeful - and install Hyprland, or would the two conflict?
Hi. A parallel installation should work. And if you’re using sddm , Hyprland should be listed.
@@mylinuxforwork thank you! I'll give it a try and I'll let you know
Are there any metrics to decide between qtile or hyprland? Is hyprland heavier in size and usage?
Hi. I have no metrics available. My assumption is that Qtile is less resource hungry than Hyprland. But also Hyprland doesn't need a super powerful system. Use it also on an old laptop without any issues.
sehr schöne Arbeit Stephan. Ich würde mir wünschen dass der "Sway-Lock" wahlweise auf automatisch Off eingestellt werden kann. Ich denke mal das dieses Tool eher von Usern genutzt wird die ein Laptop verwenden.
Sehr gute Idee. Werde ich umsetzen.
Du kannst dem Status hier folgen: gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/issues/187
@@mylinuxforwork super - vielen Dank Stephan
I've tried reaching through a couple times and believe i did everything correct but ran into issue on login, Session is a gray bar with no option despite going with hyprland. Selected Hyprland in the install. Been trying to go through the wikis and read-me's as well but seem to be missing the solution.
i've seen ctrl alt f4 mentioned to bring up input but is there a way to diagnose from there?
(trying to problem solve a bit more perhaps git pull or fetch?)
Hi. Difficult to help. Please make sure that you're using the latest version of the dotfiles. And feel free to open an issue on GitLab or post on Discord.
Hi, one question, why the fonts on the terminal in qtile looks so big and in hyprland looks good? because in xrandr appear my resolution in 1920.1080 and thats correct, pls help, i cant change the size in alacritty.toml because in qtile looks good but in hyprland looks very small please help
I have the same effect. With Cmd+- you can decrease the font size. It’s not perfect, I know.
I wonder if the rofi is working correctly on Hyprland? Since it doesn't support Wayland natively AFAIK.
It's working perfectly.
May I ask you another two questions? How to use wifi. There is no wifi I can select and connect. Also what is the best way to install Chinese language input method? iBus or Fcitx5?
Open a terminal and enter nmtui
Hi, thank you for your work, it's amazing, and I enjoy using Hyprland, I was using Gnome before your video, But I have a problem with Swaylock, when my computer sleeps or locks itself and I press enter for wake up the computer it freezes but when I move cursor, and it wakes up then I can press my passcode to enter. Is there a fix for this, or any way to change swaylock?
Regards.
You can switch to hypridle and hyprlock with 2.8.2 of my dotfiles.
@@mylinuxforwork Thank you so much. Keep up the good work. I like the way you organize the codes :)
Looks slick, tried to use it but my workflow and number of windows open doesnt fit with these WMs. Its very fiddly with the desktop numbers and multi monitors.
KDE just works here, although less exciting
Thanks for your feedback. KDE is great as well.
this works but is so small on my laptop with 3000x2000 (3:2) 200% - any suggestions
You can copy the monitor default configuration and select the copy with the settings script. Then you can define a scaling descriped here wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Monitors/
@@mylinuxforwork thanks but this screen is 3k and everything will be super tiny to configure but i did the install on my larger laptop
Hi, Stephan! I have noticed that when you press the keys the screen shows the letter and then hides it like cell phones do in the greeter. Can this be changed so that people around me can't see my password as I type it? thank you so much again for sharing your work.
Need to check. Thanks for your feedback.
Interesting video. Good guide. The only thing is a dead end situation when the user during installation chooses a layout other than en, for example ru, then when entering the graphical environment can not enter commands in the terminal and do anything at all from the keyboard. To avoid this problem it is necessary to leave the layout en and then manually specify kb_layout = us,ru and kb_options= for switching combination.
Also, when starting in a virtual machine and changing the screen resolution in hyperland, a blank screen is loaded and only the terminal emulator starts. I haven't figured out how to fix it yet. How to add a second layout to Qtile and organize switching of layouts?
Re: Resolution I have seen that too with certain resolutions. Are you running a 4K setup? Try changing the resolution and see if waybar shows up then.
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is there a way to fix this after install? I'm strugglin
Is there a way to set display screen temperature, similar to gnom's NightLight (gui not needed, script would be enough)?
Never tried this out. But here is maybe the solution www.reddit.com/r/hyprland/comments/12qczxw/how_to_setup_blue_light_filter/
@@mylinuxforwork Thank you! wlsunset seems to do the job :)
ok looks like i can open the terminal on the blackscreen with no see enyyting but when i type in reboot enter system reboot . so it looks like there is problem with the xorg ? i m noobie thats my think.. ii will search now 4 a command 2 eset maybe the xorg ? i dont know thats what i try now
Is the status bar at the bottom of the screen. If yes there is a config.py issue
Hi, When I tried to open something like settings just crash and send me to the login page. But just for hyprland with qtile works fine, what can I do?
Have you installed the latest version of the dotfiles? Are you using sddm? Do you have an Nvidia Card?
How can I install nvidia drivers ? and when should i install them (before first boot)?
Please check wiki.hyprland.org/Nvidia/
I’m having this weird bug where when I leave the laptop alone and have my monitor off and my laptop doesn’t have a screen with Hyprland install it gives me just a pink screen and I can’t make the normal wm come back without turning off the laptop and turning it back on where I lose my progress on my files, how would I go about fixing this? I’m new to Linux so I used for files to get up and running to do proframming
Can you open an issue on my Gitlab?
Heyy need a help on your setup … i dont want to use nvim and vim instead i want use nano and vscode .. how to change them pls could you tell and make them as default coz i dont like vim stuffs …. I am more of an nano user .. Pls reply man would be helpful really liked your dotfiles
You can install any app and start it with rofi. I use code as well for my configuration files.
Great rice, although once I open a terminal I cant ctrl+w or alt+f4 my way out of it. How can I force a terminal to close in this?
With SUPER+q. You can make a right click on apps to get an overview of all key bindings. And here the most important ones gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles#some-important-key-bindings
@@mylinuxforwork Thanks!
I can't get past the Virtio 3D rendering and Spice OpenGL (using Nvidia GPU) virtual machine settings. Has anyone successfully gotten those two parameters working properly with an Nvidia GPU?
Sorry that I cannot help you spontaneously.
QtileWorks but when i star Hyprland i get a blackscreen with mouse Arrow what can do ? any help ladys and Gents?
Thanks for testing.
Guys i’m a newbie i don’t understand if I already have a hyprland installed in Arch how do I install this again? Do i have to install clean Arch again? I have tried installing the hyprland on top of the existing hyprland and it gave me config error at line…
Difficult to say. What is your base Arch distro?
I got this running in VMware and it looks great. I do have a major issue though. When I’m in the Hyprland desktop environment, keybinds or menu items that pertain to the scripts in ~/dotfiles/.settings/ don’t work for me. That means trying to bring up e terminal with SUPER + ENTER doesn’t work neither does SUPER + B for browser. And when i try to click the menu items on the left side to bring up a terminal or settings, that will crash my Hyprland session and i’ll be taken back to sddm login. I know keybinds work because I can swap environments fine, but they won’t work for running those scripts. I’ve even tried changing them but I still see the same behaviour and I can’t launch a terminal nor can I click on the menu items to change settings or launch terminal without Hyprland crashing. I can run the settings script fine from tty, but not when I’m in Hyprlands. I've even tried to use the file manager to navigate to one of the scripts and right -click open with kitty/alactritty (tried both, neither work), if i try open with Vim i get the error message, "unable to find terminal required for application." Seems to me like terminal is not launching for somer reason??
Update, made some progress by changing the terminal default to foot. Now I have a terminal emulator at least. I'm curious to know what I'm missing to use kitty tho. I have gtk3 installed. Also, clicking most of the icons on the left of the menu bar kicks me back to sddm login. Only the folders icon works for me without issue at the mo...
Hyprland is not made for VMs. It works on QEMU for testing purposes. but I have never test it on VMware.
I'm having a bit of an issue with Steam on hyprland. There seems to be a bad interaction with $input mouse_refocus, but I can't find your input config anywhere to disable it.
Unfortunately, I'm not using Steam. That's why I cannot help you in that case.
@@mylinuxforworkThanks for the response! Been enjoying your dotfile setup!
I was more hoping that you would know where I could find the hyprland config for editing inputs. It's not in the main config file anymore and none of the settings you have in the settings window you set up (which by the way, I really love, great job on it!) has the input configs either. Cheers!
@@nezunskyfire292 Ahhh. I suggest that you copy this file gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/tree/main/hypr/conf/keybindings?ref_type=heads and select the new one in the settings script: Wheel icon in waybar. Then you’re safe with the next update. Or just overwrite the default and try some customization.
i found a workaround of my blackscreen i search 4 blackscreen in wiki arch then i press Ctrl+Alt+F6 then i log in again and manual start qtile that work but i m still not now what i do now
That is a good way to test.
Thanks for this wonderful work !
I just installed everything on my laptop but I have an issue with aur, I can't install anything from aur using pacseek and from shell as well. Does anyone had the same issue ?
Thank you. What happens if you enter yay in your terminal?
So, I fixed the issue I had, it happens that it wasn't yay or aur but my wifi connection that is losing connection to the internet. I don't know why but it is maybe because I am using the eduroam network of my university
It happens both with wifi and wired connection to the network
@@ankidets7593 thanks for your feedback.
Hello. Im trying to install this dotfiles. Yay cant retrieve sources for wlr-randr with timeout error. Internet connection is good. Any fix?
Is it super necessary package? It skipped
It is not necessary. You can skip it. I have already removed the package from the installation script.
Hello, I have 2 small problems, I installed version 2.6 based on Manjaro, my first problem is with Bluetooth, when I connect my headphones, they go into a connect and disconnect loop, the next problem is that I cannot use redshift for the filter of light, if you could help me, thank you very much
Have you solved that issue?
@@mylinuxforwork
I uninstalled and reinstalled everything and you could say that it works, the only problem now is that sometimes I have to unlink the device and then re-link it but it no longer disconnects every time
@@rudypacheco1500 A step forward. Thanks for your feedback.
Is it a good idea to add Hyprland with Qtile along with an already existing KDE plasma desktop?
Sure. Should be not a problem. You can also install a badic hyprland with the starter script. ua-cam.com/video/Le0vwTQITWo/v-deo.htmlsi=qVI0YqZeEbO8nmmt The only challenge is if you require native NVIDIA drivers.
I've done that with EndeavorOS KDE and his install script. I did it in a VM to try it.
How do i acess the snapshots taken during updates
I love every videod so far
It uses the features in Linux. So btrfs-assisant or snappertools.
Or timeshift. That's what I'm using. The btrfs installation with archinstall brings the right subvolumes
Why are there 2 cursors in the Hyprland section?
That is a side effect from the QEMU virtual machine.
how do i change the time format? 2.8RC is so smooth
Thanks. Timeformat in Waybar can be changed here gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles/-/blob/main/waybar/modules.json?ref_type=heads starting from line 219
@@mylinuxforwork thank you i just noticed the Minimal waybar and trying to give it the mixed backgrounds for tips and workspaces
i have set it up on a VM before putting on a spare ssd however .. i have no cursor in the VM and i cannot open terminal with super + enter.. help please?
Which VM are you using?
@@mylinuxforwork vmware - i had to enable 3d acceleration to get it to even log into the desktop using hyprland.. maybe il try with hyper v, or maybe il just put it on a spare ssd.
hi, what should I do if the sddm lock screen does not allow me to open the desktop and returns me back to the lock screen?
You can try it again, reboot or switch to a tty (CTRL+ALT+F3) and start Hyprland with command Hyprland.
@@mylinuxforwork after the reboot the screen showed an error, but when reinstalling nothing is visible, perhaps this is due to the hardware of the computer
@@AR_3608 this could be. Sorry that I cannot help.
@@mylinuxforwork but you tried to help, thank
I have done a few modifications to several conf files. What is the recommended way to update to preserve changes I have made?
Which files did you modify? If you changed keybindings for example, you can create your own keybinding file and it will not be lost on an update
That‘s correct. The script will create a backup of your current installation. And before the script copy the new files into your dotfiles folder, it prepares all files in the folder dotfiles-version/2.7.1 Here you can remove the files that should not be overwritten. Or you can modify them again.
@@mylinuxforwork I usually change keybindings, monitor setup (got 3 monitors), install some plugins like hyprload with workspaces etc. and autostart for my prefered setup & apps. It can get messy pretty quick. Maybe a better way would be to fork the project and then merge changes before pulling from the forked repo?
@@Dark_Lobster that is an interesting approach to handle custom configurations. Would be awesome if you could test it and share your experiences.
You can also use the installation hook. gitlab.com/stephan-raabe/dotfiles#installation-hook
How can i update the dotfile if i installed previous version?
Yes. Just pull the latest version and run the installer again.
I am again and I would have a suggestion. You could be able to install KDE plasma in the script would be an idea.
Thanks for your feedback but I am currently concentrating on Tiling Window Manager only.
Why is it that when I clone your repository, it says username for and password after I enter the same password and username and it says remote http basic access denied and there are many more, In essence, access is denied
Please check the url again. This usually happens when having a typo in the url.
i will not give up hope i can fix the problem. i can login in qtile now and try 2 force update the dotfiles again maybe i m lucky and that fix the problem hyprland i cant start so far
Great. Thanks for your feedback.
I don't know if I've done something wrong, however I get to the login screen, put in my password, but then after hitting Enter I just get a black screen and I'm returned to the sddm menu.. Any ideas what I could've done wrong? I'm running this in virtualbox now planning on installing as dualboot alongside my windows.
I've been able to run Qtile from tty, however Hyprland won't start even when launching it from tty.. There's this in the log: "[CRITICAL] Couldn't query the DRM FD!" and "[CRITICAL] Critical error thrown: wlr_backend_get_drm_fd() failed!"
Hi. Pretty sure it’s coming from Virtualbox. Never tested it in such an environment because I am using Qemu. Do you have 3d acceleration activated?
@@mylinuxforwork Yes, it was probably caused by virtualbox. I installed it in dualboot with windows and it works great. There are a few details I’m still trying to figure out like how I could change the icon of the browser laucher to a png (if possible) as I’m not using chromium, but floorp, but otherwise everything looks awesome.
Thank you very much for the installer, I absolutely love it, it’s great.
@@Togynar will launch soon a dotfiles insight video about waybar customization.
ISO 😉
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2:55 quick tip for faster installlation: remove #(comment tag) on ParallelDownloads = 5 from /etc/pacman.conf before archinstall
That is a great tip. Thanks for sharing.
good idea @egokhanturk bt i use endeavour os with no desktop instead of arch
After reboot only the mouse is showing any help?
Do you have an Nvidia GPU?
Why should I install 2 desktop environments? Isn't it good to decide for hyper or qt?
That is a very good question. I started with Qtile in the past but moved nearly completely to Hyprland. But it’s good to know that there’s always a backup available when some thing is broken on wayland. Maybe not needed anymore later this year because I have actually no issues on Wayland with any applications anymore.
Also Qtile is using X11 not wayland. In case of an application issue you can fall back to X11 And as Stephan Mentioned it's a nice fallback if something goes amiss with Hyprland You still have full GUI to work in. but 100% your choice.
@@mylinuxforwork tnx💥
@@donaldwilliams6821 tnx💥
How can I make the network download and upload info visible all time?
Hi. You need to modify the modules.json and add the corresponding replacement described here github.com/Alexays/Waybar/wiki/Module:-Network
@@mylinuxforwork tysm 😊
Can i add your waybar in another dotfiles like prasanthragan dotfiles?
Yes, basically waybar needs a config files, a CSS style file and a JSON modules file for any widgets you want on the bar. You have to work within his configuration. He has theme dir, a JSON modules dir and a control file to select the various configurations. I have a vm with his hyprdots setup. It's a very cool and interesting configuration. There are some amazing ones out there.
I seem to be losing my replies! On his site he has instructions on how this theming layout works. You should be able to add this in.
Should work. Give it a try.
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You're always the best! Anyway....I promise I did everything you did, step by step.....and I have no Hyprland session possible in SDDM! Just qTile works. From TTY, tried to launch Hyprland with "Hyprland" command.....unknown command. It's really really strange
That is indeed strange. Which version of Hyprland have you chosen in the install script?
@@mylinuxforwork hyprland-git. And I forgot to mention that I had no errors at all, during the script execution. Everything worked like a charm....except for this strange absence of hyprland session
@@mylinuxforwork OK Solved: I installed hyprland again with pacman in terminal and it worked. Previous version was hyprland-git .... I think this can be more related to Arch than Stephan.
And now I can say "I use Arch .... Raabe way" 🙂
@@bigo72 Great. 👍
@@bigo72 I had that same issue except backwards, I was using -git and a build of his script insalled hyprland when I selected re-install all packages. Hyprland is a rapidly developing project. That's why Stephan added the option to install either package. enjoy!
Followed this guide to the point but after all the steps and reboot, I get back to terminal. Not SDDM. Typing 'hyperland' says 'command not found'.
Can you try Hyprland with upper H. If this isn’t working, the installation of Hyprland failed.
@@mylinuxforwork yea, I restarted the installation. It worked but it's borderline unusable. On VMware Workstation (Windows11 host). Left side of the bar is non responsive and vmware desktop tools are not working either.
I already have a hyprland system installed, can I still get it?
Yes. This should work.
alright! @@mylinuxforwork
Hello, nvidia is supporte? Arco hyprland is working.
NVIDIA only works with the Nouveau drivers.
@@mylinuxforwork Look at Arco Hyprland, works with Nvidia drivers good.
How to use multiple monitors in hyprland?
It is described in the Hyprland Wiki wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Monitors/
@@mylinuxforwork thank you very much for this beautiful setup.
Hi! Can someone explain how to add minimize/maximize/close button on or with title bar?
Tiling Window Managers don't really work like that. Instead you use keyboard shortcuts to close, move to another workspace or go full screen for example. Once you get used to them you may find like I did those are not needed and it's faster to use the short cuts. You don't have to move the mouse all around the screen to do things.
@@donaldwilliams6821 Noted. Thank you!
Or, you can try a plugin: github.com/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins/tree/main/hyprbars
@@mylinuxforwork Thank you!
Can you help archlinux install script stuck at reflector
Hi. You mean the official archinstall script shipped with the Arch ISO?
Hello, when the login panel appears I put the password and it redirects me and it does not start the system.
Please try another time. And if it’s not working then open a tty and enter Hyprland to start.
I don't get the hyperland hype but i'll try your script if i change idea
GUIs are such a subjective thing. Hyprland is still very much a work in progress effort. I can only share my perspective. In trying hyprland I got my first real exposure to tiling WM vs. DE. For me it was a trans-formative experience. I am able to work more efficiently compared to a traditional DE. Also, it is so customizable and the config files are simpler. I don't need to know how to code is C for DWM, or need great levels of Python, or JSON for some other GUIs. If you know CSS you can create some amazing results. I also like that the config files are easily portable. For example, if I want to put Stephans setup on a VM or PC, I install it, I have scripts to install all the packages and applications I want and the config files It's not as deep level as say NIXOS but it's super easy compared to other distros Also you can layer this on another distro as well. I also think it's a very attractive interface. I like that you can create rules for specific applications to change how they behave. I.e. starting BTOP is a smaller dedicated window. There are also other projects like a plug-in manager and pyprland to further extend it's features. but you decide whether to use them or not.
@@donaldwilliams6821 I mean you can have tiling windows also with Gnome, just drag the windows on the left or right corner and gnome extensions are much more powerful, so I do not understand the effort toward tiling only window managers
@@luigitech3169 It's a personal workflow choice. But you highlighted the difference. In order to tile in GNOME or Windows you have to grab the mouse,, select the window in the right spot, move it to a location, select your tiling option and release. With tiling WM as you open them the will tile based on WM. Some like DVM, or XMONAD have multiple predifinted tiling modes you can activate on the fly. I do a lot with scripts. So this tiling greatly helps me out. I don't think anyone is saying tiling is the best and only option. But it is what works best for many people. At work I also have to use a Windoze 11 PC. I see the difference immediately. If you like GNOME then by all means use GNOME. Also some tiling WMs are extremely programable. I.e. where applications open and how they behave. Which isn't something I've seen with GNOME or KDE, etc.. Try it, give it a chance you might like it. If not, that's OK too. Any Linux GUI is better than Windows or MacOS. Regards
@@luigitech3169 I seem to be losing my replies. You highlighted the difference. With GNOME or WIndows you have to select the Window Titlebar move it to a location to then select the tiling option. tiling WMs eliminate all that extra effort. Some can be extremely programmed others have multiple tiling algorithms that you can select on the fly. No one is saying one is obstinately better. But many like me find it more in tune with their workflow. I have to use Windows for work I see how much more time I spend moving things around there then on my home Limux systems. Try it you might find you like it, if not that's OK too.
Give it a chance.
how to change wallapers?
With SUPER+CTRL+W you can open the wallpaper selector.