Arch Linux + Hyprland w/ Quickshell & Wallpaper Engine

This file is a basic overview of the setup and packages needed for my setup.

Arch Install

• Create a bootable image of Arch Linux.
• Boot into image, then run archinstall to start the guided GUI install.
• Once finished, reboot.

Notes

• For filesystem, use ext4.
• Set Desktop -> Hyprland

Setup

1. Enable multilib for Pacman
2. Install packages from pacman:

sudo pacman -S git firefox gnome-keyring base-devel hyprpicker \
               hypridle hyprsunset noto-fonts hyprpdkitagent hyprlock \
               fastfetch noto-fonts-cjk steam firewalld

3. Install yay (AUR Helper):

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

4. Install AUR packages:

yay -S quickshell-bin ttf-ms-win11-auto github-desktop-bin vscodium linux-wallpaperengine-git

5. Open Steam and install Wallpaper Engine.

6. Enable firewalld

sudo systemctl enable --now firewalld

Additional Info

• To change wallpaper, copy it's id, then update autostart command with id.
• Clone DivineHyprland into ~/.config/hypr/
• Clone DivineQuickshell int ./.config/quickshell/