Installation

Before you start

PLEASE BACKUP YOUR EXISTING .config FOLDER WITH YOUR DOTFILES BEFORE STARTING THE SCRIPTS FOR INITIAL INSTALLTION.

The installation script will create a backups from configurations of your .config folder that will be overwritten from the installation procedure and previous ML4W Dotfiles installation.

If possible, please create a snapshot of your current system if snapper or Timeshift is installed and available.

You can decide between the following packages:

• ML4W Dotfiles Main Release (latest tagged release)
• ML4W Dotfiles Rolling Release (main branch including the latest commits)

YouTube Video https://youtu.be/siy2vL94yd0

Recommendation

I recommend to install a base Hyprland system before installing the ML4W Hyprland Dotfiles. Then you have a stable starting point and can test Hyprland on your system before. Hyprland is complex, under ongoing development and requires additional components.

You can find the Hyprland Installation instructions here: https://wiki.hyprland.org/Getting-Started/Installation/

Arch Linux (based)

Just copy the following command into your terminal and execute:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles/main/setup-arch.sh)

You can also install the main release with your preferred AUR helper.

yay -S ml4w-hyprland
ml4w-hyprland-setup

You can install the rolling release with

yay -S ml4w-hyprland-git
ml4w-hyprland-setup

Fedora Linux (based)

Just copy the following command into your terminal and execute:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles/main/setup-fedora.sh)

Installation folder

The script will ask for an installation folder. Please enter a folder name without spaces. The script will create the folder for you and continue with the installation.

You can also install multiple versions of the ML4W Dotfiles in parallel in different folders. You can switch between the folders with the included activation script (only works with 2.9.5 or higher).

Installation with GIT (Rolling Release)

You can install the dotfiles by cloning the latest version (rolling release):

# 1.) Change into your Downloads folder (create the folder if not available)
cd ~/Downloads

# 2.) Clone the dotfiles repository into the Downloads folder
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles.git

# 3.) Change into the dotfiles/bin folder
cd dotfiles/bin

# 4.) Start the installation
./ml4w-hyprland-setup

Please note, that not all features will work, when you install the dotfiles from GIT.