Dotfiles

To install

General

Install all:

pacman -S dunst i3status-rust jq kitty lxappearance lxsession-gtk3 neofetch nerd-fonts-roboto-mono network-manager-applet noto-fonts-emoji pamixer pavucontrol playerctl polkit-gnome python-i3ipc qt5-tools rofi ttf-dejavu xsettingsd
$aurhelper -S goes16-background-git himawaripy-git nerd-fonts-complete rofi-surfraw-git splatmoji-git wpgtk-git yay

Package name	Repo	Needed for	Package description
dunst	main	notifications	Customizable and lightweight notification-daemon
i3status-rust	main	status bar	Resourcefriendly and feature-rich replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust
jq	main	scripts	Command-line JSON processor
kitty	main	terminal emulator, used also as dropdown terminal	A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL-based terminal emulator
lxappearance	main	to set GTK theme and icon-set	Feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher of the LXDE Desktop
lxsession-gtk3	main	needed for programms like e.g. gparted	Lightweight X11 session manager (GTK+ 3 version)
neofetch	main	show system information	A CLI system information tool written in BASH that supports displaying images.
nerd-fonts-roboto-mono	main	font for i3status-rust	Patched font Roboto Mono from the nerd-fonts library
network-manager-applet	main	to choose network connection	Applet for managing network connections
noto-fonts-emoji	main	emojis 😍😜🧑‍💻	Google Noto emoji fonts
pamixer	main	make sound control keys working	Pulseaudio command-line mixer like amixer
pavucontrol	main	Sound settings and mixer	PulseAudio Volume Contro
playerctl	main	make music control keys working	mpris media player controller and lib for spotify, vlc, audacious, bmp, xmms2, and others.
polkit-gnome	main	needed for privileged GUI apps like GParted	Legacy polkit authentication agent for GNOME
python-i3ipc	main	for scripts	An improved Python library to control i3wm
qt5-tools	main	qdbus for w8unlock.zsh script	A cross-platform application and UI framework (Development Tools, QtHelp)
rofi	main	launcher, to set theme, to exit i3, for searching the web, ...	A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
ttf-dejavu	main	main font	Font family based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts with a wider range of characters
xsettingsd	main	for wpgtk to live reload GTK+ theme	Provides settings to X11 applications via the XSETTINGS specification
goes16-background-git	AUR	live earth wallpaper	Put near-realtime picture of Earth as your desktop background.
himawaripy-git	AUR	live earth wallpaper (different satellite)	Put near-realtime picture of Earth as your desktop background.
nerd-fonts-complete	AUR	more fonts	Iconic font aggregator, collection, and patcher. 40+ patched fonts, over 3,600 glyph/icons
rofi-surfraw-git	AUR	web search with rofi	Universal tool to search the internet
splatmoji-git	AUR	emoji picker	Quickly look up and input emoji and/or emoticons/kaomoji on your GNU/Linux desktop via pop-up menu.
wpgtk-git	AUR	generate and set themes and configs based on wallpapers and templates	A gui wallpaper chooser that changes your Openbox theme, GTK theme and Tint2 theme
yay	AUR	AUR helper	Yet another yogurt. Pacman wrapper and AUR helper written in go.

i3/x11 specific

Install all:

pacman -S arandr autorandr feh gnome-screenshot i3-gaps picom redshift

Package name	Repo	Needed for	Package description
arandr	main	to set monitor layout with GUI	Provide a simple visual front end for XRandR 1.2.
autorandr	main	to set monitor layout automatically e.g. after reboot	Auto-detect connected display hardware and load appropiate X11 setup using xrandr
feh	main	to set wallpaper	Fast and light imlib2-based image viewer
gnome-screenshot	main	screenshots	Take pictures of your screen
i3-gaps	main	my window manager	A fork of i3wm tiling window manager with more features, indcluding gaps
picom	main	transparency and smooth transitions	X compositor that may fix tearing issues
redshift	main	night mode	Adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings.

Sway/Wayland specific

Install all:

pacman -S grim kanshi slurp swappy sway swayidle wlsunset
$aurhelper -S swaylock-effects wdisplays

Package name	Repo	Needed for	Package description
grim	main	screenshots	Screenshot utility for Wayland
kanshi	main	to set monitor layout automatically e.g. after reboot	Dynamic output configuration for Wayland WMs
slurp	main	screenshots	Select a region in a Wayland compositor
swappy	main	screenshots	Grab and edit screenshots from a Wayland compositor
sway	main	my window manager	Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window manager
swayidle	main	automatic screen locking	Idle management daemon for Wayland
swaylock-effects	AUR	screen locker	A fancier screen locker for Wayland
wdisplays	AUR	to set monitor layout with GUI	GUI display configurator for wlroots compositors
wlsunset	main	night mode	Day/night gamma adjustments for Wayland compositors

Autostart

flatpak install com.spotify.Client im.riot.Riot org.fcitx.Fcitx5 org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.ChineseAddons org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.Mozc org.gnome.Evolution org.keepassxc.KeePassXC org.mozilla.firefox org.signal.Signal org.telegram.desktop

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install im.dino.Dino

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kdeapps      https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo
flatpak install org.kde.kdeconnect

Package name	Repo	Package description
com.spotify.Client	flatpak	Online music streaming service
im.riot.Riot	flatpak	Create, share, communicate, chat and call securely, and bridge to other apps
org.fcitx.Fcitx5	flatpak	Input Method
org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.ChineseAddons	flatpak	Add support for Pinyin, Table and many other Chinese related functionality to Fcitx
org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.Mozc	flatpak	Japanese input method based on Mozc
org.gnome.Evolution	flatpak	Manage your email, contacts and schedule
org.keepassxc.KeePassXC	flatpak	Community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”
org.mozilla.firefox	flatpak	Fast, Private & Safe Web Browser
org.signal.Signal	flatpak	Private messenger
org.telegram.desktop	flatpak	Fast. Secure. Powerful. (lol?)
im.dino.Dino	flatpak-beta	Modern XMPP Chat Client
org.kde.kdeconnect	kdeapps	Seamless connection of your devices

1. Install the general packages, then choose i3 or sway (or both) and the autostart packages you want.
2. Install dotfiles like descriped further down.
3. Set monitor layout with arandr. If you you want to save multiple different monitor setups have a look at autorandr. With $mod+m there is a script to set some basic layouts.
4. Run wpg-install.sh -ig and then go to your wallpaper folder and generate colorscheme with wpg -a * or alternatively do it over the gui with wpg.
5. Set GTK theme to FlatColor and icon theme to FlattrColor. E.g using GDK_BACKEND=x11 lxappearance.
6. Set colorscheme with wpg -s [TAB]. This also generates all the config files from the templates in .config/wpg/templates. So make sure that no error messages appear and that the config files are generated.
7. Add the following line to cron with EDITOR=vim crontab -e and make sure cron service is running: sudo systemctl enable --now cronie.service.

00 * * * * $HOME/.config/wpg/scripted_themes/cron.sh >> $HOME/.config/wpg/scripted_themes/cron.log 2>&1

10. Run the Firefox profile manager org.mozilla.firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote and add a profile with the name user.js and set the path to ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox/user.js/.

Install dotfiles onto a new system

cd "${HOME}" || exit
git clone --recursive --jobs 8 --bare https://gitlab.com/marzzzello/dotfiles.git "${HOME}/.git"
alias dotfiles="git --work-tree=${HOME}"

# backup
mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup
if dotfiles checkout; then
  echo "Checked out dotfiles."
else
  echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files."
  dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | awk -F '\t' '/\t/ {print $2}' | xargs -I{} dirname .dotfiles-backup/{} | xargs -I{} mkdir -p {}
  dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | awk -F '\t' '/\t/ {print $2}' | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}
fi

dotfiles config core.bare false
git checkout
git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs 8

rm "${HOME}/.git/config"
git config include.path "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/dotfiles-git-config"

As single command:

curl 'https://gitlab.com/marzzzello/dotfiles/-/raw/master/.local/share/dotfiles-setup.zsh' | zsh

or even shorter

curl -L 'https://u.07f.de/df' | zsh

Starting from scratch

I started with this tutorial on how to store your dotfiles

Alternativly can just use a default .git folder instead of .cfg and a git alias:

cd
git init
git config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

# replace with your username/repo
git remote add origin git@gitlab.com:marzzzello/dotfiles.git

# then add the files you want to track
git add .zshrc

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License except for the mpv scripts [1][2].