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title: Master tutorial
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---
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If you are coming to Hyprland for the first time, this is the main tutorial to
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read.
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This tutorial covers everything you need to get things going. It links to other
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pages where necessary.
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## Install Hyprland
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See [Installation](../Installation) and come back here once you have
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successfully installed Hyprland.
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Install `kitty` (default terminal emulator). This is available in most distros'
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repositories.
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## Nvidia?
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_If not using an Nvidia card, skip this step_
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Please take a look at [The Nvidia page](../../Nvidia) before launching. It has
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information regarding the needed environment and tweaks.
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## VM?
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_If not using a VM, skip this step_
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In a VM, make sure you have 3D acceleration enabled in your `virtio` config (or
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`virt-manager`) otherwise Hyprland _**will not work**_.
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You can also passthru a GPU to make it work.
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Please bear in mind 3D acceleration in VMs may be pretty slow.
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## Launching Hyprland
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Hyprland can be executed by typing `hyprland` in your tty.
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{{< callout type=warning >}}
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Do **not** launch Hyprland with `root` permissions (don't `sudo`)
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{{< /callout >}}
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You can see some launch flags by doing `hyprland -h`, these include setting the
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config path, ignoring a check for the above, etc.
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Login managers are not officially supported, but here's a short compatibility
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list:
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- SDDM → Works flawlessly. Install sddm ⩾ 0.20.0 or the
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[latest git version](https://github.com/sddm/sddm) (or
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[sddm-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sddm-git) from AUR) to prevent
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SDDM bug [1476](https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/1476) (90s shutdowns).
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- GDM → Works with the caveat of crashing Hyprland on the first launch.
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- greetd → Works flawlessly, especially with
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[ReGreet](https://github.com/rharish101/ReGreet).
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- ly → Works poorly.
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## In Hyprland
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You're good to go with your adventure, technically.
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Use <key>SUPER</key> + <key>Q</key> to launch kitty. If you wish to choose the
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default terminal before you proceed, you can do so in
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`~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf`
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([example config](https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/blob/main/example/hyprland.conf)).
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If you want the best experience with less hassle googling, keep reading.
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## Critical software
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See the [Must-have Software page](../../Useful-Utilities/Must-have) for the
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crucial things to make Wayland / Hyprland / other apps work correctly.
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## Monitors config
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See [Configuring Hyprland page](../../Configuring/Monitors) to learn all about
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configuring your displays.
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## Apps / X11 replacements
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See the [Useful Utilities page](../../Useful-Utilities) and the
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[Sway wiki page](https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway)
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about that. You can also visit the
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[Awesome-Hyprland](https://github.com/hyprland-community/awesome-hyprland)
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repository for a more comprehensive list.
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## Fully configure Hyprland
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Head onto the
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[Configuring Hyprland page](../../Configuring/Configuring-Hyprland) to learn all
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about configuring Hyprland to your liking.
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## Cursors
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Cursors are a notorious pain to set up when you don't know how. See
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[this FAQ entry](../../FAQ#how-do-i-change-me-mouse-cursor)
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If your cursor does not appear, see
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[this FAQ entry](../../FAQ#me-cursor-no-render)
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## Themes
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Since Hyprland is not a fully-fledged Desktop Environment, you will need to use
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tools such as `lxappearance` or `nwg-look` (recommended) for GTK, and `qt5ct` /
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`qt6ct` for their respective Qt versions. Some older applications may also
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require `qt4ct`.
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## Force apps to use Wayland
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A lot of apps will use Wayland by default. Chromium (and other browsers based on
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it, or Electron) don't. You need to pass
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`--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland` to them or use
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`.conf` files where possible. Chromium-based browsers also should have a toggle
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in `chrome://flags`. Search for _"ozone"_ and select Wayland. If you are on
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NixOS you can also set the environment variable `NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1` in your
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configuration.
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For most electron apps, you should put the above in
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`~/.config/electron-flags.conf`. Note that VSCode is known **not** to work with
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it.
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A few more environment variables for forcing Wayland mode are documented
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[here](../../Configuring/Environment-variables).
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You can check whether an app is running in xwayland or not with
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`hyprctl clients`.
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