Arch_Hyprland_Setup.md

Arch Linux + Hyprland w/ Quickshell & Wallpaper Engine

This file is a basic overview of the setup and packages needed for my setup.

1) Install Arch Linux

• Create a bootable image of Arch Linux.
• Boot into image, then run archinstall to start the guided GUI install.
• Once finished, reboot.

Notes

• For filesystem, use ext4.
• Set Desktop -> Hyprland
• Create a user with sudo privileges
• Use proprietary Nvidia drivers for now.

2) Fix Nvidia Drivers

Arch Linux NVIDIA Documentation

Required Packages

sudo pacman -S git base-devel linux-headers

Setup yay (AUR Helper)

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf yay

Find Driver Family

lspci -k -d ::03xx

Check against CodeNames.

Install drivers for your family

yay -S nvidia-580xx-dkms
reboot

Setup

1. Install packages from pacman:

sudo pacman -S gnome-keyring noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk \
               hyprpolkitagent hyprlauncher hyprpicker \
               hypridle hyprsunset hyprlock quickshell \
               code firefox fastfetch firewalld

2. Enable firewalld

sudo systemctl enable --now firewalld

3. Enable multilib for Pacman

sudo pacman -Syu

4. Install Steam

sudo pacman -S steam

Pick lib32-vulkan-nouveau

4. Install AUR packages:

yay -S ttf-ms-win11-auto github-desktop-bin linux-wallpaperengine-git

5. Open Steam and install Wallpaper Engine.

6. Add fastfetch to .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc

fastfetch

Additional Info

• To change wallpaper, copy it's id, then update autostart command with id.
• Clone DivineHyprland into ~/.config/hypr/
• Clone DivineQuickshell into ~/.config/quickshell/