Installation
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/6B4Kf30CWLg
You can install the main release with the latest commits with your preferred AUR helper.
yay -S ml4w-hyprland
After the installation, you can start the setup with the command
ml4w-hyprland-setup
You can install the rolling release with the latest commits with your preferred AUR helper.
yay -S ml4w-hyprland-git
After the installation, you can start the setup with the command
ml4w-hyprland-setup
For Arco Linux users: Please install hyprutils first with
yay -S extra/hyprutils
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).
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 folder
cd dotfiles/bin
# 4.) Start the installation
./ml4w-hyprland-setup