❄️ Installation Guide

Nix-managed dotfiles for Arch Linux with Hyprland, built on top of end-4/dots-hyprland (ii).

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🛑 Prerequisites

• Arch Linux installed
• Flatpak (sudo pacman -S flatpak)
• end-4/dots-hyprland (ii) installed and functional
• Nix with flakes enabled

Warning

Back up your files. The flake has an automatic backup script that renames conflicting files to <filename>.bak, but manual backup is safer.

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❄️ Step 1: Install & Configure Nix

If you don't have Nix installed, use the Determinate Systems Installer:

curl -fsSL https://install.determinate.systems/nix | sh -s -- install

Enable Flakes

Ensure your Nix configuration allows Flakes. Edit (or create) /etc/nix/nix.conf or ~/.config/nix/nix.conf:

experimental-features = nix-command flakes

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📂 Step 2: Clone

Important

The config expects the repo at ~/GitHub/dotfiles. This path is used for internal symlinks.

mkdir -p ~/GitHub && cd ~/GitHub
git clone https://github.com/zedxihan/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles

Username is auto-detected via builtins.getEnv "USER" (requires --impure). No editing needed.

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🚀 Step 3: Install

If home-manager is not on your PATH, enter a nix-shell first:

nix-shell -p home-manager

Then run the install:

home-manager switch --flake .#arch-setup --impure

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💡 Usage

Once installed, use the dots command from anywhere:

dots update  # Rebuild configuration
dots clean   # Remove old generations, garbage collect
dots         # List all commands

Custom Hyprland keybinds: modules/linux/hyprland.nix — opened in zed via CTRL + SUPER + ALT + /