diff --git a/pages/Getting Started/Installation.md b/pages/Getting Started/Installation.md index f7db4a1..933d018 100644 --- a/pages/Getting Started/Installation.md +++ b/pages/Getting Started/Installation.md @@ -119,9 +119,18 @@ that (`gcc>=12.1.0` or `clang>=15`) ```Plain git clone --recursive https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland cd Hyprland -sudo make install +sudo make install ``` +Do note that `sudo make install` will copy the example .desktop file to `/usr/share/wayland-sessions/` directory, +promptly overriding the existent .desktop file from previous installations. + +If you would like to move the file yourself, or if you find yourself running `sudo make install` frequently +and overriding your previous .desktop file (which is definitely a case for NVIDIA users who run Hyprland +through a wrapper script); you can use `sudo make cleaninstall`, which will do everything `sudo make install` does +_except_ to copy the desktop file. You may use `sudo make cleaninstall` everytime you need to rebuild fromm source, +which happens quite often as Hyprland receives active development. + ### Meson ```plain