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Hyprland & Critical Softwares 🖥️🔧

With the prerequisite base system established, we proceed to the core of this guide. This section delineates the process of installing Hyprland and configuring critical system software to ensure a robust and efficient workflow.

Hyprland Installation 🚀

  1. Install Hyprland:

    pacman -S hyprland

    Pro Tip:💡 If you're feeling adventurous, you can always grab the bleeding-edge version from the AUR for the latest features and fixes.

  2. Initiate Hyprland: As we installed SDDM before, you can also start the session through it.

    Hyprland

  3. Upon initial launch: A top bar will display with a warning and commands to launch Kitty and exit Hyprland. To remove the warning ⚠️:

    • Launch Kitty using the shortcut (SUPER + Q)
    • Navigate to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf and either comment out or remove the line autogenerated = 1.

    Essential default keybindings:

    • SUPER + C: Kill the active window
    • SUPER + M: Quit hyprland (but why would you want to?)

To access web resources, open Kitty and execute brave-browser to launch the Brave browser.

Critical System Components 🛠️

  1. XDG Desktop Portal: The XDG Desktop Portal is crucial for handling desktop functionalities such as file dialogs and screensharing.

    pacman -S xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland

  2. Install Polkit: Polkit manages system-wide privileges. Install the KDE version for compatibility:

    pacman -S polkit-kde-agent

    • To autostart Polkit, append the following to your hyprland.conf:

      exec-once=/usr/lib/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1

    • Note: Ensure there's no whitespace between = and /.

  3. QT Wayland Support: Install the necessary libraries for QT applications to function correctly under Wayland:

    pacman -S qt5-wayland qt6-wayland

  4. Notification Daemon: A notification daemon is essential for managing system notifications. Many apps may freeze without one running. Dunst is a lightweight, customizable option:

    pacman -S dunst

    • To autostart dunst, append the following to your hyprland.conf:

      exec-once=/usr/bin/dunst

Hyprland Session Reload 🔄

After installing the critical software components and making the necessary configurations, restart your Hyprland session to ensure all new settings and software are properly initialized and integrated.

Next: Basic Configuration 👉