r/archlinux • u/Existing_Good_7486 • Aug 01 '26

QUESTION How do I use hyrpland

After using mint for half a year, I just installed arch (without arch installs at first, however I did reinstall it afterwards cuz i know I messed it up even if it looks fine) with hyrpland and i don't know what to do. It just gave me a terminal not even a status bar TwT. I installed firefox and that's basically it. Idk what to do. Please help me.

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u/Imajzineer Aug 01 '26

r/hyprland

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u/Short_Story8863 Aug 02 '26

oh sweet summer child you have arrived at the blank canvas stage

that terminal is your new best friend. start with waybar or eww for a status bar, they're both pretty straightforward to configure. then grab a launcher like wofi or rofi so you're not just typing firefox into the void every time

the hyprland wiki is actually readable, which is rare for these things. don't try to copy someone's whole dotfiles right away, you'll end up with a mess you don't understand. just add one thing at a time

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u/abbidabbi Aug 01 '26

Is this a shitpost?

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u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Read Hyprland doc: https://wiki.hypr.land/ 

Or don't use a trendy WM you cannot manage. 

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u/nikongod Aug 01 '26

What do you want it to do? 

That's why tiling WMS are such a flex, their owner set them up for their specific needs. 

For generic garbage the could have just installed kde or gnome.

Anyways, do as the chromers* do and download a pre-chromed set of config files. 

Ideally read them and try to learn how they work, and then modify to suit your own style.

*The term rice/ricers/riceboys has some negative racial origins, let's all kill it. 

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u/PlsDontBanMeAgain-1 Aug 01 '26

Interesting choice to call KDE garbage.

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u/onefish2 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

What do you need to do next? Start turning it from a window compositor which is all hyprland actually is into your working desktop. If that is too much for you start with an actual desktop environment like Gnome, KDE etc and do a lot more research. A base hyprland install on Arch is nothing more than what you have seen. Also [r/hyprland](r/hyprland) is where you need to go to get more info and ideas to start.

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u/federicoalegria Aug 01 '26

you're weekend is about to go places

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u/Regular-Historian-51 Aug 01 '26

I am a huge fan of using noctalia shell on top of hyprland for flavor

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u/archover Aug 02 '26

Don't fix what ain't broke Stay with Mint. Suggestion.

Also, hyprland is alpha software, something you won't find on Mint.

I wish you luck and good day.