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| author | Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com> | 2025-11-10 22:50:32 +0300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2025-11-10 22:50:32 +0300 |
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diff --git a/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md b/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md index 205f2422..de190729 100644 --- a/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md +++ b/docs/wiki/Getting-Started.md @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +## Quick start + +Use these commands to install niri with [DankMaterialShell](https://github.com/AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell) for a fairly out-of-the-box experience. + +Fedora: +``` +sudo dnf copr enable avengemedia/dms +sudo dnf install niri dms +systemctl --user add-wants niri.service dms +``` + +Arch Linux (via [paru](https://github.com/morganamilo/paru)): +``` +sudo pacman -Syu niri xwayland-satellite xdg-desktop-portal-gnome xdg-desktop-portal-gtk +paru -S dms-shell-bin +systemctl --user add-wants niri.service dms +``` + +After running these commands, log out, choose Niri in your display manager, and log back in. +Or, if not using a display manager, run `niri-session` on a TTY. + +## Slower and more considered start + The easiest way to get niri is to install one of the distribution packages. Here are some of them: [Fedora COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/yalter/niri/) and [nightly COPR](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/yalter/niri-git/) (which I maintain myself), [NixOS Flake](https://github.com/sodiboo/niri-flake), and some more from repology below, including a [pacstall package](https://pacstall.dev/packages/niri/) for Debian-based distros. See the [Building](#building) section if you'd like to compile niri yourself and the [Packaging niri](./Packaging-niri.md) page if you want to package niri. |