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Ubuntu 23.04 Build and Install instructions for Hyprland

Building on Ubuntu 23.04

You have 2 options, use the script descrived bellow or follow the instrutions

script in this gist if you want the source code

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Vertecedoc4545/6e54487f07a1888b656b656c0cdd9764/raw/2c5e8ccb428fc331307e2f653cab88174c051310/build-ubuntu-23.sh
chmod +x build-ubuntu-23.sh
./build-ubuntu-23.sh

Warning you will need to add the bellow config to your hyprland.conf file after installing hyprland either way. If you detect a bug respect to xdg-portals reffer to the issue in github

misc {
  suppress_portal_warnings = true
}

INSTRUCTIONS

Nvidia building : Here

Dependencies:

Most of our dependencies are disponible in the official repos, for speed is recomendable to use nala package manager intead of apt

installing nala will keep apt

sudo apt-get install -y nala
sudo nala install -y meson wget build-essential ninja-build cmake-extras cmake gettext gettext-base fontconfig libfontconfig-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libdrm-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbregistry-dev libxkbcommon-dev libpixman-1-dev libudev-dev libseat-dev seatd libxcb-dri3-dev libvulkan-dev libvulkan-volk-dev  vulkan-validationlayers-dev libvkfft-dev libgulkan-dev libegl-dev libgles2 libegl1-mesa-dev glslang-tools libinput-bin libinput-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libxcb-ewmh2 libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-res0-dev libxcb-xinput-dev libpango1.0-dev xdg-desktop-portal-wlr hwdata-dev

or if you don't want to use nala apt replacement do:

sudo apt-get install -y meson wget build-essential ninja-build cmake-extras cmake gettext gettext-base fontconfig libfontconfig-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libdrm-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbregistry-dev libxkbcommon-dev libpixman-1-dev libudev-dev libseat-dev seatd libxcb-dri3-dev libvulkan-dev libvulkan-volk-dev  vulkan-validationlayers-dev libvkfft-dev libgulkan-dev libegl-dev libgles2 libegl1-mesa-dev glslang-tools libinput-bin libinput-dev libxcb-composite0-dev libavutil-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libxcb-ewmh2 libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-res0-dev libxcb-xinput-dev xdg-desktop-portal-wlr hwdata-dev

but some dependencies that we requiere are a little older in the repos so we need to build them

Building libs from source

first get all of our sources for building then extarct them

Hyprland and containing folder

mkdir HyprSource
cd HyprSource

## We get Source
wget https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/releases/download/v0.24.1/source-v0.24.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf source-v0.24.1.tar.gz
wget https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/releases/1.31/downloads/wayland-protocols-1.31.tar.xz
tar -xvJf wayland-protocols-1.31.tar.xz

wget https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/-/releases/1.22.0/downloads/wayland-1.22.0.tar.xz
tar -xzvJf wayland-1.22.0.tar.xz

wget https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libdisplay-info/-/releases/0.1.1/downloads/libdisplay-info-0.1.1.tar.xz
tar -xvJf libdisplay-info-0.1.1.tar.xz

now only get inside each one, we build and install directly

build wayland 1.22.0

cd wayland-1.22.0
mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup ..            \
      --prefix=/usr       \
      --buildtype=release \
      -Ddocumentation=false &&
ninja
sudo ninja install

cd ../..

bulild wayland protocols

cd wayland-protocols-1.31

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release &&
ninja

sudo ninja install

cd ../..

Lets build libdisplay-info

cd libdisplay-info-0.1.1/

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release &&
ninja

sudo ninja install

cd ../..

Lets build Hyprland!!!

you will need to change the folder permisions due to the use of sudo, so in the future you can acces and modify the folder

chmod a+rw hyprland-source

cd hyprland-source/

modify config.mk and change PREFIX=/usr/local to PREFIX=/usr or use this command

sed -i 's/\/usr\/local/\/usr/g' config.mk

also in that file you could use your custom cflags as for example adding -O3 or -Ofast optimization even -Og etc..

then only do:

sudo make install

*enjoy Hyprland !!

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@andrew-george please refer to this comment for ubuntu installation of hyprland https://gist.github.com/Vertecedoc4545/3b077301299c20c5b9b4db00f4ca6000?permalink_comment_id=4595603#gistcomment-4595603

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You need gcc-13, g++-13, and also build libinput from source to get latest head building on ubuntu 23.04.

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Tried to intsall libwlroots, still not sure how to handle below error..

sudo make install 10s
make clear
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
rm -rf build
rm -f *.o *-protocol.h *-protocol.c
rm -f ./hyprctl/hyprctl
rm -rf ./subprojects/wlroots/build
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
make fixwlr
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
sed -i -E 's/(soversion = 12)([^032]|$)/soversion = 12032/g' subprojects/wlroots/meson.build
rm -rf ./subprojects/wlroots/build
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
cd ./subprojects/wlroots && meson setup build/ --buildtype=release && ninja -C build/ && cp ./build/libwlroots.so.12032 /usr/lib/ || echo "Could not install libwlroots to /usr/lib/libwlroots.so.12032"
The Meson build system
Version: 0.61.2
Source dir: /home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source/subprojects/wlroots
Build dir: /home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source/subprojects/wlroots/build
Build type: native build
Project name: wlroots
Project version: 0.17.0-dev
C compiler for the host machine: cc (gcc 11.4.0 "cc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0")
C linker for the host machine: cc ld.bfd 2.38
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wundef: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wlogical-op: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-include-dirs: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wold-style-definition: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wpointer-arith: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Winit-self: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wstrict-prototypes: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wimplicit-fallthrough=2: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wendif-labels: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wstrict-aliasing=2: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Woverflow: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-prototypes: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Walloca: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-missing-braces: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-missing-field-initializers: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-parameter: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -fmacro-prefix-map=/prefix/to/hide=: YES
Found pkg-config: /usr/bin/pkg-config (0.29.2)
Dependency wayland-server found: NO found 1.20.0 but need: '>=1.21'
Found CMake: /usr/bin/cmake (3.22.1)
Run-time dependency wayland-server found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
Looking for a fallback subproject for the dependency wayland-server

meson.build:105:0: ERROR: Neither a subproject directory nor a wayland.wrap file was found.

A full log can be found at /home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source/subprojects/wlroots/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
Could not install libwlroots to /usr/lib/libwlroots.so.12032
cd subprojects/udis86 && cmake --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -S . -B./build -G Ninja && cmake --build ./build --config Release --target all -j8 && cd ../..
Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source/subprojects/udis86/build
ninja: no work to do.
make protocols
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
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cc -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-result -Wdeclaration-after-statement -DXWAYLAND -I. -DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE -std=c99 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -c -o xdg-shell-protocol.o xdg-shell-protocol.c
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cc -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-result -Wdeclaration-after-statement -DXWAYLAND -I. -DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE -std=c99 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -c -o hyprland-global-shortcuts-v1-protocol.o hyprland-global-shortcuts-v1-protocol.c
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
make release
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
cmake --no-warn-unused-cli -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -S . -B ./build -G Ninja
Not searching for unused variables given on the command line.
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.4.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.4.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Gathering git info
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
-- Configuring Hyprland in Release with CMake
-- Checking deps...
-- Looking for pthread.h
-- Looking for pthread.h - found
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29.2")
-- Checking for modules 'wayland-server;wayland-client;wayland-cursor;wayland-protocols;cairo;libdrm;egl;xkbcommon;libinput;pango;pangocairo'
-- Found wayland-server, version 1.20.0
-- Found wayland-client, version 1.20.0
-- Found wayland-cursor, version 1.20.0
-- Found wayland-protocols, version 1.25
-- Found cairo, version 1.16.0
-- Found libdrm, version 2.4.113
-- Found egl, version 1.5
-- Found xkbcommon, version 1.4.0
-- Found libinput, version 1.20.0
-- Found pango, version 1.50.6
-- Found pangocairo, version 1.50.6
-- Looking for backtrace in execinfo
-- Looking for backtrace in execinfo - not found
-- XWAYLAND Enabled (NO_XWAYLAND not defined) checking deps...
-- Checking for module 'xcb'
-- Found xcb, version 1.14
-- SYSTEMD support is requested (NO_SYSTEMD not defined) checking deps...
-- Checking for module 'libsystemd'
-- Found libsystemd, version 249
-- Looking for systemd/sd-daemon.h
-- Looking for systemd/sd-daemon.h - found
-- Setting link libraries
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source/build
cmake --build ./build --config Release --target all -j8
[0/2] Re-checking globbed directories...
ninja: error: '../subprojects/wlroots/build/libwlroots.so.12032', needed by 'Hyprland', missing and no known rule to make it
make[1]: *** [Makefile:164: release] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/krushnp/hyprland/hyprland-source'
make: *** [Makefile:191: install] Error 2

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Long5hot commented Sep 16, 2023

@MartinFillon , After doing that started with the manual installation..

dpkg gives the following error..

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite ./hyprland_0.29.1-99pika1_amd64.deb

Selecting previously unselected package hyprland.
(Reading database ... 245353 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../hyprland_0.29.1-99pika1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hyprland (0.29.1-99pika1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hyprland:
hyprland depends on libdisplay-info0 (>= 0.1.1); however:
Package libdisplay-info0 is not installed.
hyprland depends on libdrm2 (>= 2.4.114); however:
Version of libdrm2:amd64 on system is 2.4.113-2~ubuntu0.22.04.1.
hyprland depends on libinput10 (>= 1.23.0); however:
Version of libinput10:amd64 on system is 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.3.
hyprland depends on libliftoff0 (>= 0.4.1); however:
Package libliftoff0 is not installed.
hyprland depends on libxcb-xfixes0 (>= 1.15); however:
Version of libxcb-xfixes0:amd64 on system is 1.14-3ubuntu3.
hyprland depends on libxcb-xinput0 (>= 1.15); however:
Version of libxcb-xinput0:amd64 on system is 1.14-3ubuntu3.

dpkg: error processing package hyprland (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
hyprland

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you need to search the repos of pikaos almost all the deps are in it
@Vertecedoc4545 can you add these repos links to the gist because they are stable

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salopst commented Oct 18, 2023

Super useful. Many thanks!

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hmajid2301 commented Nov 14, 2023

I've been building a Hyprland deb package for PikaOS (which is a ubuntu based distro) so anyone struggling you could grab the .deb from here and install it with dpkg: https://ppa.pika-os.com/pool/main/h/hyprland/

We also have debs for all the libs required to build it and runtime ones. So you might want to add our mirror to make it easier.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I was able to use this to Install Hyprland.

I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Hyprland up by downloading pika-sources.deb, https://ppa.pika-os.com/dists/lunar/pika-sources.deb.

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ This is a very hacky way to install it and your mileage may vary. Make sure you understand what is going on before copying these steps, but this worked for me.

Installing it manually using dpkg i.e. `sudo dpkg -i ./pika-sources.deb`, then doing:

(There may be a few other files you need to copy, such as the GPG key in the deb)

dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile pika-sources.deb | tar xv
sudo cp ./usr/share/etc/apt/source.list.d/system.sources /etc/apt/sources.list.d/system.sources
sudo apt update
sudo apt install hyprland xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland -y

# To avoid needing to do 1600+ updates because this is using 23.04 sources I removed the source file
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/system.sources

Edit: Thanks to @neilbags for raising the issue with my original post should've been more careful!

Then I removed the Pika source because I didn't want to risk breaking my system by upgrading 1600 packages 😓. Because lunar is based on Ubuntu 23.04.

And don't forget to revert your sources.list file back to this: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/hakerdefo/9c99e140f543b5089e32176fe8721f5f/raw/7ac6ccf882bb0d39297962f0baedce5721c9be65/sources.list

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I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Hyprland up by downloading pika-sources.deb, https://ppa.pika-os.com/dists/lunar/pika-sources.deb.

Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

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hmajid2301 commented Nov 20, 2023

Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

Apologies, I missed this, thanks for raising have updated my post above.

Thanks for raising!!!!

@itsmenewbie03
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Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

Apologies, I missed this, thanks for raising have updated my post above.

Thanks for raising!!!!

did it worked without issues?

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I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Hyprland up by downloading pika-sources.deb, https://ppa.pika-os.com/dists/lunar/pika-sources.deb.

Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

if it gets wiped out what will happen then? what should be done?
i'm sorry for a dumb a question, i'm new to linux

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neilbags commented Dec 3, 2023

I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Hyprland up by downloading pika-sources.deb, https://ppa.pika-os.com/dists/lunar/pika-sources.deb.

Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

if it gets wiped out what will happen then? what should be done? i'm sorry for a dumb a question, i'm new to linux

Restore from backups

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I am running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Hyprland up by downloading pika-sources.deb, https://ppa.pika-os.com/dists/lunar/pika-sources.deb.

Just a warning to everyone else - installing this deb wipes out your /etc/apt/sources.list

if it gets wiped out what will happen then? what should be done? i'm sorry for a dumb a question, i'm new to linux

Restore from backups

so i just need to back up the original before proceeding, is that correct?

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neilbags commented Dec 3, 2023

so i just need to back up the original before proceeding, is that correct?

No I don't think installing this .deb is a good idea at all

@itsmenewbie03
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so i just need to back up the original before proceeding, is that correct?

No I don't think installing this .deb is a good idea at all

thanks for the warning then.

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ipg0 commented Dec 20, 2023

for anybody doing this now, you'll also need to build the latest version of https://github.com/marzer/tomlplusplus

@AlexandreSantAnaLangunno

I nedd help .
When I go to build it, it gives the following error:

17057964495713958182432883126367

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Heus-Sueh commented Feb 9, 2024

Could someone try to create a pkgbuild in MPR (makedeb repo):

https://mpr.makedeb.org/

makedeb pkgbuild example:

# Contributor: your_name <your_email>
pkgname=hyprland
pkgver=0.35.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="a highly customizable dynamic tiling Wayland compositor"
license=('BSD')
arch=('amd64')
conflicts=('hyprland')
provides=('hyprland')
makedepends=('cmake' 'cmake-extras' 'meson' 'build-essential' 'ninja-build' 'wget')
depends=(
    'ca-certificates'
    'libasound2>=1.0.16'
    'libatk-bridge2.0-0>=2.5.3'
    'libatk1.0-0>=2.2.0'
    'libatspi2.0-0>=2.9.90'
    'libc6>=2.14'
    'libc6>=2.15'
    'libc6>=2.17'
    'libc6>=2.4'
    'libc6>=2.8'
    'libcairo2>=1.6.0'
    'libcups2>=1.6.0'
    'libcurl3-gnutls|libcurl3-nss|libcurl4|libcurl3'
    'libdbus-1-3>=1.5.12'
    'libdrm2>=2.4.38'
    'libexpat1>=2.0.1'
    'libgbm1>=8.10'
    'libglib2.0-0>=2.12.0'
    'libglib2.0-0>=2.39.4'
    'libgtk-3-0>=3.9.10'
    'libgtk-3-0>=3.9.10|libgtk-4-1'
    'libnspr4>=2:4.9-2'
    'libnss3>=2:3.22'
    'libnss3>=3.26'
    'libpango-1.0-0>=1.14.0'
    'libsecret-1-0>=0.18'
    'libstdc++6>=5'
    'libstdc++6>=5.2'
    'libstdc++6>=6'
    'libx11-6'
    'libx11-6>=2:1.4.99.1'
    'libxcb1>=1.9.2'
    'libxcomposite1>=1:0.4.4-1'
    'libxdamage1>=1:1.1'
    'libxext6'
    'libxfixes3'
    'libxkbcommon0>=0.4.1'
    'libxkbfile1'
    'libxrandr2'
    'xdg-utils>=1.0.2'
    'gettext'
    'gettext-base'
    'fontconfig'
    'libfontconfig-dev'
    'libffi-dev'
    'libxml2-dev'
    'libdrm-dev'
    'libxkbcommon-x11-dev'
    'libxkbregistry-dev'
    'libxkbcommon-dev'
    'libpixman-1-dev'
    'libudev-dev'
    'libseat-dev'
    'seatd'
    'libxcb-dri3-dev'
    'libegl-dev'
    'libgles2'
    'libegl1-mesa-dev'
    'glslang-tools'
    'libinput-bin'
    'libinput-dev'
    'libxcb-composite0-dev'
    'libavutil-dev'
    'libavcodec-dev'
    'libavformat-dev'
    'libxcb-ewmh2'
    'libxcb-ewmh-dev'
    'libxcb-present-dev'
    'libxcb-icccm4-dev'
    'libxcb-render-util0-dev'
    'libxcb-res0-dev'
    'libxcb-xinput-dev'
    'xdg-desktop-portal-wlr'
    'libtomlplusplus3'
)
optdepends=(
    'libvulkan1'
)

source=("https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/releases/download/v${pkgver}/source-v${pkgver}.tar.gz")

sha256sums=('608192d9abab899d3ed787590f86da7dc18151d1618a3455ff25e580503d58cb')

# prepare
prepare() {

}

# build
build() {

}

# install 
package() {

}

# vim: set sw=4 expandtab:


@mohammedaouamri5
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thnx bro
just in

tar -xzvJf wayland-1.22.0.tar.xz

it should be

tar -xvJf wayland-1.22.0.tar.xz

jus remove the z

@BlueTree242
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I accidentally ran this on 22.04 now I can't get into any desktop environment it just sends me back to login after 1 second

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zanexGHG commented Mar 5, 2024

I accidentally ran this on 22.04 now I can't get into any desktop environment it just sends me back to login after 1 second

If I remember correctly alt + f2 will send you to the console where you can just uninstall hyprland and reinstall gnome. Shouldnt be too complicated. If you want the easier way you just save your data and reinstall linux

@BlueTree242
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Reinstalling gnome did absolutely nothing, I already reinstalled linux because it was messed up from the beginning, I was using plasma on Ubuntu so I switched to Kubuntu

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katabame commented Apr 9, 2024

if anybody still trying to build Hyprland on Ubuntu here, I tried research some dependency issues and finally got working built artifact
the script that I used to build is this, I wish this one help you
https://gist.github.com/katabame/e368988c968278c83c19bd5f5b60f407

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errors : hyprinstall.sh: line 15: cd: wayland-1.22.0: No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists
ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory
hyprinstall.sh: line 27: cd: wayland-protocols-1.31: No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists
ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access 'hyprland-source': No such file or directory
hyprinstall.sh: line 40: cd: hyprland-source/: No such file or directory
sed: can't read config.mk: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

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katabame commented May 18, 2024

errors : hyprinstall.sh: line 15: cd: wayland-1.22.0: No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory hyprinstall.sh: line 27: cd: wayland-protocols-1.31: No such file or directory mkdir: cannot create directory ‘build’: File exists ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access 'hyprland-source': No such file or directory hyprinstall.sh: line 40: cd: hyprland-source/: No such file or directory sed: can't read config.mk: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

@YeesterPlus seems you're using self-written install script (hyprinstall.sh)
as error said, needed directory doen't found. this may caused by working directory discrepancy or missing dependencies.

here's script that I used to build hyprland v0.4.0 on Ubuntu noble. if you're still stucking, please try this.
https://github.com/katabame/Ubuntu-Hyprland/

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mklx25 commented Jun 29, 2024

after following the steps and installing hyprland on linux mint the " hyperland" option does not appear after loggin out and trying to log back in

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mklx25 commented Jun 29, 2024

@defxsec for this just go to the hyprland repo take .desktop file and put it where the building from source doc from original hyprland says it

can you explain in more details
what is the hyprland repo take .desktop file? and where it is ?
and the source doc?

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forsyth47 commented Jul 20, 2024

Installing Hyprland through PikaOS Repository

For anyone wanting to install hyprland from the pika-os repo, which is easier (but only if ya trust them), here is a neat and concise guide for adding the PikaOS repository, installing Hyprland, including the fix for hyprland not showing up on login screen... Since some of y'all are new to linux.


1. Download and Install the GPG Key

  1. Create a Directory for Keyrings (Skips automatically, if exists):

    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/keyrings
  2. Download and Add the GPG Key:

    wget -qO- https://ppa.pika-os.com/key.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/pikaos-archive-keyring.gpg

2. Add the Repository

  1. Create the Repository List File:

    sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pikaos.list
  2. Add the Repository Entry:
    Add the following line to the file:

    deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/pikaos-archive-keyring.gpg] https://ppa.pika-os.com pikauwu main external
    

    This line includes:

    • arch=amd64: Specifies the architecture (adjust if necessary or leave as it is).
    • signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/pikaos-archive-keyring.gpg: Uses the GPG keyring for repository verification.
    • https://ppa.pika-os.com: Base URL for the repository.
    • pikauwu main external: Specifies the distribution and components.

3. Update Package List

Update your package list to include packages from the new repository:

sudo apt update

4. Install Packages

You can now install packages from the repository. In our case, to install hyprland:

sudo apt install hyprland

(Optional) If Hyprland does not show up in the login screen, you may need to add a .desktop file for it in the appropriate directory and maybe restart. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Create the .desktop File

  1. Open a Terminal and Create/Edit the File:

    sudo nano /usr/share/xsessions/hyprland.desktop
  2. Add the Following Content:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Hyprland
    Comment=Hyprland Window Manager
    Exec=hyprland
    Type=Application
    DesktopNames=Hyprland
    
    • Name: The name that will appear in the login screen.
    • Comment: A short description of the window manager.
    • Exec: The command to start Hyprland.
    • Type: The type of desktop entry.
    • DesktopNames: The name of the desktop environment (optional, used in some login managers).
  3. Save and Exit:

    Save the file and exit the editor (Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl + X).

2. Ensure Permissions Are Correct

Make sure the .desktop file has the correct permissions:

sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/xsessions/hyprland.desktop

3. Restart the Display Manager

Restart your display manager to refresh the login screen options. The exact command may vary depending on your display manager (or just try all of them xD):

  • GDM (GNOME Display Manager):

    sudo systemctl restart gdm
  • LightDM:

    sudo systemctl restart lightdm
  • SDDM (Simple Desktop Display Manager):

    sudo systemctl restart sddm

4. Log In

Restart your system or log out and Hyprland should appear as an option in your login screen. Try to select Hyprland from the login screen.

Well that's it lads, have a great day and have fun ricing! 💛

@ferrreo @MartinFillon @mklx25


Edit: It seems that @katabame has a way easier solution. I would recommend to follow their method than the above for anyone who wants to install in future, here is the comment for reference:

https://gist.github.com/Vertecedoc4545/3b077301299c20c5b9b4db00f4ca6000?permalink_comment_id=5061289#gistcomment-5061289

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katabame commented Jul 20, 2024

Edit: It seems that @katabame has a way easier solution. I would recommend to follow their method than the above for anyone who wants to install in future, here is the comment for reference:
https://gist.github.com/Vertecedoc4545/3b077301299c20c5b9b4db00f4ca6000?permalink_comment_id=5061289#gistcomment-5061289

Thanks for referencing my repository!
I'm using that repository for my own environment, so it can install keep updated hyprland.
I wrote that repository for Ubuntu noble (checking codename) so maybe there's a chance to fail installation on other Ubuntu/Debian-based repository.
If that happens, please open issue with occured environment! I'll try fix it :)

Edit: also there's another repository/project for install hyprland on Ubuntu/Debian environment with feature-rich hyprland maintained by another person. you might also like check it out
https://github.com/JaKooLit/Ubuntu-Hyprland

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