💌 JaKooLit's Ubuntu Hyprland Install Script 💌

For Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat

🛋️ Why I created a separate branch for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

• With latest Hyprland v0.40.0 released, it wont build on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Reason is that Ubuntu did not update their wayland-protocol. Its the reason why it wont build.
• This is the reason why I have to set a specific release version on Hyprland packages including its eco-system as it is most likely wayland protocol wont be updated since its an LTS version.

KooL Hyprland-Dotfiles Showcase

https://github.com/JaKooLit/Hyprland-Dots/assets/85185940/50d53755-0f11-45d6-9913-76039e84a2cd

Important

install a backup tool like snapper or timeshift. and Backup your system before installing hyprland using this script. This script does NOT include uninstallation of packages

Note

Main reason why I have not included an uninstallation script is simple. Some packages maybe already installed on your system by default. If I create an uninstall script with packages that I have set to install, you may end up a unrecoverable system.

Warning

Download this script on a directory where you have write permissions. ie. HOME. Or any directory within your home directory. Else script will fail

⚠️ Pre-requisites and VERY Important!

• Do not run this installer as sudo or as root
• This Installer requires a user with a priviledge to install packages
• This is only tested on 24.04 LTS. Older Ubuntu versions wont work
• If you have login Manager already like GDM (gnome login manager), I highly advice not to install SDDM. But if you decide to install SDDM, see here Issue 2 - SDDM

Important

If you are using Gnome already, DO NOT install the SDDM. The GDM Login Manager works well with Hyprland. For some reason, during installation, you will be asked which login manager you wanted to use. But during my test, nothing happened.

Warning

If you have GDM already as log-in manager, DO NOT install SDDM You will encounter issues. See Issue 2 - SDDM

Gallery and Videos

📷 Screenshots

❕ Installed on Kali Linux 😈

❕ Installed on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Nvidia Laptop 😷

📷 More updated Screenshots Here Link

📷 Older Screenshots: v1Link & v2Link

📽️ Youtube Videos

✨ Youtube presentation V1

✨ Youtube presentation V2

✨ A video walk through my dotfilesLink

✨ A video walk through of My Hyprland-Dots v2Link

💯💯 Check out Installation Video coverage by KSK royal (Ubuntu 23.10 + nvidia)

• Link

💯💯 Check out Installation Video coverage by KSK royal (Kali Linux xfce + nvidia). He have details regarding installing timeshift and switching to sddm from lightdm. He also covers removal of nouveau in favor of proprietary nvidia drivers

• Link

🪧🪧🪧 ANNOUNCEMENT 🪧🪧🪧

• This Repo does not contain Hyprland Dots or configs! Dotfiles can be checked here Hyprland-Dots . During installation, if you opt to copy pre-configured dots, it will be downloaded from that centralized repo.
• Hyprland-Dots use are constantly evolving / improving. you can check CHANGELOGS here Hyprland-Dots-Changelogs
• Since the Hyprland-Dots are evolving, some of the screenshots maybe old
• the wallpaper offered to be downloaded towards the end is from this REPO
• The dotfiles that will be pulled by this installer is only specific. Since newer dotfiles might not work properly

✨ Some notes on this installer / Prerequisites

• This script is meant to install in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• If you are using gnome already, DO NOT install SDDM. GDM will work. Apart from GDM and SDDM, any other Login Manager may not work nor launch Hyprland. However, hyprland can be launched through tty by type Hyprland
• 🕯️ network-manager-gnome (nm-applet) has been removed from the packages to install. This is because it is known to restart the networkmanager causing issues in the installation process. After you boot up, inorder to get the network-manager applet, install network-manager-gnome. sudo apt install network-manager-gnome See below if your network or wifi became unmanaged after installation
• If you have nvidia, and wanted to use proprietary drivers, uninstall nouveau first (if installed). This script will be installing proprietary nvidia drivers and will not deal with removal of nouveau.
• NVIDIA users / owners, after installation, check THIS

⚠️ WARNING! nwg-look takes long time to install.

• nwg-look is a utility to costumize your GTK theme. It's a LXAppearance like. Its a good tool though but this package is entirely optional

✨ Costumize the packages to be installed

• inside the install-scripts folder, you can edit 00-hypr-pkgs.sh. Do not edit 00-dependencies.sh unless you know what you are doing. Care though as the Hyprland Dots may not work properly!

💫 SDDM and GTK Themes offered

• If you opted to install SDDM theme, here's the LINK
• If you opted to install GTK Themes, Icons, here's the LINK & Bibata Cursor Modern Ice (assets directory)

🔔 NOTICE TO NVIDIA OWNERS

Important

If you want to use nouveau driver, choose N when asked if you have nvidia gpu. This is because the nvidia installer part, it will blacklist nouveau. Hyprland will still be installed but it will skip blacklisting nouveau.

✨ to run or Use this script

clone this repo (latest commit only) by using git. Change directory, make executable and run the script

git clone --depth=1 -b Ubuntu-24.04-LTS https://github.com/JaKooLit/Debian-Hyprland.git ~/Ubuntu-Hyprland
cd ~/Ubuntu-Hyprland
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

✨ for ZSH and OH-MY-ZSH installation

installer should auto change your default shell to zsh. However, if it does not, do this

chsh -s $(which zsh)
zsh
source ~/.zshrc

• reboot or logout
• by default xiong-chiamiov-plus theme is installed. You can find more themes from this OH-MY-ZSH-THEMES
• to change the theme, edit ~/.zshrc ZSH_THEME="desired theme"

✨ TO DO once installation done and dotfiles copied

• SUPER H for HINT or click on the waybar HINT! Button

• Head over to FAQ and TIPS

• if you installed in your laptop and Brightness and Keyboard brightness does not work you can execute this command sudo chmod +s $(which brightnessctl)

✨ Packages that are manually downloaded and build. These packages will not be updated by apt and have to be manually updated

• Hyprland LINK
• nwg-look LINK
• Asus ROG asusctl LINK and superfxctl LINK
• swww LINK
• hyprlock LINK
• hypridle LINK
• hyprlang LINK
• hyprcursor LINK
• swappy LINK
• xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland LINK
• rofi-wayland LINK

Tip

To update to latest packages, re-running this script will auto update all. Script is configured to pull latest packages build for you.

🤬 FAQ

Most common question I got is, Hey Ja, Why the heck it is taking long time to install? Other distro like Arch its only a minute or two. Why here takes like forever?!?!?!

• Well, most of the core packages are downloaded and Build and compiled from SOURCE. There are no pre-built binary (yet) for Debian and Ubuntu. Unlike Other distros, they already have prepacked binary that can just download and install.

Note

This script does not setup audio. Kindly set up. If you have not, I recommend pipewire. sudo apt install -y pipewire

❗ some known issues on this Installer

• some users reported that they have to install some packages. It is in the install-scripts/force-install.sh
• At this time the packages force to install are the following imagemagick

🫥 Improving performance for Older Nvidia Cards using driver 470

• SEE HERE

🙋 Got a questions regarding the Hyprland Dots configurations? 🙋

• Head over to wiki Link WIKI

🙋 👋 Having issues or questions?

• for the install part, kindly open issue on this repo
• for the Pre-configured Hyprland dots / configuration, submit issue here

🔧 Proper way to re-installing a particular script from install-scripts folder

• CD into Ubuntu-Hyprland Folder and then ran the below command.
• i.e. ./install-scripts/gtk-themes - For reinstall GTK Themes.

🛣️ Roadmap:

• possibly adding gruvbox themes, cursors, icons

❗ some known issues

• reports from members of my discord, states that some users of nvidia are getting stuck on sddm login. credit to @Kenni Fix stated was

 while in sddm press ctrl+alt+F2 or F3
log into your account
`lspci -nn`, find the id of your nvidia card
`ls /dev/dri/by-path` find the matching id
`ls -l /dev/dri/by-path` to check where the symlink points to 
)

• add "env = WLR_DRM_DEVICES,/dev/dri/cardX" to the ENVvariables config (.config/hypr/UserConfigs/ENVariables.conf) ; X being where the symlink of the gpu points to

• more info from the hyprland wiki Hyprland Wiki Link

Note

Auto start of Hyprland after login (no SDDM or GDM or any login managers)

• This was disabled a few days ago. (19 May 2024). This was because some users, after they used the Distro-Hyprland scripts with other DE (gnome-wayland or plasma-wayland), if they choose to login into gnome-wayland for example, Hyprland is starting.

• to avoid this, I disabled it. You can re-enable again by editing ~/.zprofile . Remove all the # on the first lines

• Does not work in Ubuntu 23.10 and older

• sddm blackscreen when log-out

• Installing SDDM if or any other Login Manager installed. See Issue 2 - SDDM

• network is down or become unmanaged This might help

• pyprland is a hit and miss. Drop down not working, zooming is hit and miss

📒 Final Notes

• join my discord channel Discord
• Feel free to copy, re-distribute, and use this script however you want. Would appreciate if you give me some loves by crediting my work :)

⏩ Contributing

• As stated above, these script does not contain actual config files. These are only the installer of packages
• The development branch of this script is pulling the latest "stable" releases of the Hyprland-Dotfiles.
• If you want to contribute and/or test the Hyprland-Dotfiles (development branch), Hyprland-Dots-Development

👍👍👍 Thanks and Credits!

• Hyprland Of course to Hyprland and @vaxerski for this awesome Dynamic Tiling Manager.

💖 Support

• a Star on my Github repos would be nice 🌟

• Subscribe to my Youtube Channel YouTube

• You can also buy me Coffee Through ko-fi.com or Coffee.com 🤩

📹 Youtube videos (Click to view and watch the playlist) 📹

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