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If you are coming to Hyprland for the first time, this is the main tutorial to read.
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Due to a lot of people doing stupid stuff, this tutorial will cover literally everything
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you need to just get things going. It does link to other pages where necessary.
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{{< toc >}}
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## Install Hyprland
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See [Installation](../Installation) and come back here once you have successfully
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installed Hyprland.
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Install `kitty` (default terminal emulator) terminal. This is available in most
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distros' 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
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[The Nvidia page](../../Nvidia) before launching. It has a lot of info regarding the needed
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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 virt-manager)
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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 accel in VMs may be pretty slow.
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## Launching Hyprland
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Now, you can just execute `Hyprland` in your tty.
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**!IMPORTANT**: Do **not** launch Hyprland with `root` permissions (don't
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`sudo`)
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You can see some launch flags by doing `Hyprland -h`, these include setting the config
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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 the [latest git version](https://github.com/sddm/sddm) (or [sddm-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sddm-git) from the AUR if you use Arch) to prevent 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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- 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 `~/.config/hypr/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 crucial
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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
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about 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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just 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
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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 likings.
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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, then see [this FAQ entry](../../FAQ#me-cursor-no-render)
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## Themes
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Since this is not a full fledged Desktop Environment, you will need to use tools such as
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`lxappearance` and `nwg-look` (recommended) for GTK, and `qt5ct` / `qt6ct` for their
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respective QT versions. Some older applications may also 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 it or electron)
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don't. You need to pass `--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland` to them or use `.conf` files
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where possible. Chromium-based browsers also should have a toggle in `chrome://flags`. Search for _"ozone"_ and select Wayland.
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For most electron apps, you should put the above in `~/.config/electron-flags.conf`. VSCode is known
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to not work with that though.
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A few more environment variables for forcing Wayland mode are documented [here](../../Configuring/Environment-variables).
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You can check whether an app is running in xwayland or not with `hyprctl clients`.
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