This is the list of programms that are recomended to have installed, in order to have the best experience with the dotfiles. This includes the optional ones, however they are not strictly required for a functional desktop.

*Most of them should already be installed. Any Program with a "*" next to them can be replaced with a similar one, but some config changes may be required

Recomended

Hyprland
Hyprlock*
Hyprpaper*
git
Waybar*
Alacritty*
Dunst*
JetbrainsMono Nerd Font
NotoSansM Nerd Font Mono
Wofi*
xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland*
pipewire
qt5-wayland
qt6-wayland
polkit-kde-agnt*
cliphist*
wl-clipboard
brave*
dolphin*
pactl*
kate*
gwenview*
celluloid*
gtk3
gtk4
hyprshot*

Optional

yay (Arch-only)*
nvim*
pacseek (Arch-only)*
Hypridle
Lf*
Fastfetch*
ueberzugpp*
ydotoold*
rofi-rbw
Hyprpicker*
timedatectl
grep
sed
awk
systemd
loginctl
7zip
tar
unzip
mpv
mpg123
lame
fzf*
trash-cli
vscodeium*
python3
playerctl
checkupdates (Arch-only)*

Installation Instructions

Install at least the recomended dependencies from Requirements.
Backup any relevent configuration files that you may want to keep
Clone the repository to your maschine using git from the terminal:


git clone https://github.com/Focron/dots

Navigate into the cloned Folder:


cd dots

Run the following command to install the dotfiles into the appropriate folders or move them manually:


chmod +x dots.sh && ./dots.sh install

Accept the warning by typing in Y or y.

Updating Instructions

There are 2 diffrent ways to update:

Only updates existing config files
Download and install any new config files

If you dont care for, or already have config files for any new programms I might add config files to this repo for, you can follow number 1.

If not follow number 1 and then number 2

1. Update existing config files:

WARNING: This will erase any changes you may have made to the config files so be sure to back those up!

Backup any relevent configuration files that you may want to keep
Navigate into your .dots Folder:


cd ~/.dots

Run the following command to download the latest changes from Github:


git pull

2. Download and install any new config files:

WARNING: This might erase some changes you may have made to the config files so be sure to back those up!

Backup any relevent configuration files that you may want to keep
Navigate into your .dots Folder:


cd ~/.dots

Run the following command to install any new dotfiles into the appropriate folders or move them manually:


./dots.sh update

Accept the warning by typing in Y or y.

Uninstallation Instructions

WARNING: This will erase ALL config files that are managed by this repo. Including any changes or new files that may exist in the same path and have the same name. So be sure to back your config files up!

Backup any relevent configuration files that you may want to keep
Navigate into your .dots Folder:


cd ~/.dots

Run the following command to Remove all new dotfiles this repo manages or remove them manually:


./dots.sh remove

Accept the warning by typing in Y or y.

Any Problems?

If you have any problems or want to contribute, please feel free to: