Installation: Add Chaotic AUR and downgrade mention (#731)

This commit is contained in:
Visual-Dawg 2024-08-06 15:01:55 +03:00 committed by GitHub
parent 2ce70d25af
commit aa64f5c87b
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: B5690EEEBB952194

View file

@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ might have **major** issues running Hyprland.
## Installation
Installing Hyprland is very easy. Simply install it with your package manager
Installing Hyprland is very easy. Simply install it with your package manager
(if there is a Hyprland package available) or install/build it yourself.
{{< callout >}}
@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ hyprland-git (AUR) - compiles from latest source
hyprland - binary x86 tagged release
```
If you decide to use the `git` version from the AUR, you can use the [Chaotic Aur](https://aur.chaotic.cx/) to get pre-built binaries.
In case of errors you can downgrade easily with [downgrade](https://github.com/archlinux-downgrade/downgrade).
{{% /details %}}
{{% details title="Nix" closed="true" %}}
@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ You can add this repository by creating a file such as `/etc/xbps.d/hyprland-voi
```plain
repository=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Makrennel/hyprland-void/repository-x86_64-glibc
```
Then you can install the packages as you would any other:
```sh
@ -200,6 +205,7 @@ sudo xbps-install -S xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
xbps-query -Rs hypr # This will require you to have already accepted the repository's fingerprint using xbps-install -S
```
More information is available in the [hyprland-void README](https://github.com/Makrennel/hyprland-void/blob/master/README.md), including information about how you can [manually build](https://github.com/Makrennel/hyprland-void?tab=readme-ov-file#manually-building) Hyprland for Void Linux using the templates provided.
{{% /details %}}
@ -286,12 +292,13 @@ to pass `-stdlib=libstdc++` or switch to GCC.
{{< callout type=warning >}}
Additionally to those, you will also need a few hypr* dependencies which may or may not be
Additionally to those, you will also need a few hypr\* dependencies which may or may not be
packaged for your distro of choice:
- aquamarine
- hyprlang
- hyprcursor
- hyprwayland-scanner (build-only)
- aquamarine
- hyprlang
- hyprcursor
- hyprwayland-scanner (build-only)
{{< /callout >}}
@ -384,10 +391,12 @@ Lastly, copy hyprctl, hyprpm, etc as mentioned
[here](#manual-releases-linux-only)
## Running In a VM
*YMMV, this is not officially supported.*
_YMMV, this is not officially supported._
Read through the [libvirt Arch wiki page](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libvirt)
and get `libvirt`, `virsh`, and `virt-viewer` setup and installed.
```sh
# Install libvirt and qemu things.
sudo pacman -S libvirt virt-viewer qemu-common
@ -400,14 +409,16 @@ systemctl enable --now libvirtd
Go to the [arch-boxes gitlab](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/arch-boxes/-/packages)
and download the latest arch qemu basic image. You can also download via any of
arch's mirrors.
```sh
curl https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/images/latest/Arch-Linux-x86_64-basic.qcow2 \
-o ~/Downloads/arch-qemu.qcow2 # Or download wherever you want.
```
Create the VM with virsh.
```sh
# Use virt-install (included with libvirt) to install the vm from the image.
# Use virt-install (included with libvirt) to install the vm from the image.
virt-install \
--graphics spice,listen=none,gl.enable=yes,rendernode=/dev/dri/renderD128 \
--name hypr-vm \
@ -425,13 +436,14 @@ the tty. The default login is 'arch' for user and 'arch' for password.
Make sure the --attach flag is used, enabling virgl makes it so that
we had to disable listen. This means that we can't make a direct TCP/UNIX
socket connection to the remote display. --attach asks libvirt to provide a
pre-connected socket to the display.*
pre-connected socket to the display.\*
{{</ callout >}}
```sh
virt-viewer --attach hypr-vm
```
Finally on the guest follow the instructions above for either [installing
hyprland-git from the aur](#installation) or [building manually](#manual-manual-build).