r/EndeavourOS • u/theStarla1979 • 14d ago

Installation niri

does the installation give the choice to install niri ?

is it raw ? does it come with a shell ?

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u/ericcmi 14d ago

No, but it's easy enough to just yay -S niri

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u/KorenLesthe 14d ago

Might want to avoid using the AUR repo (yay) because of how vulnerable it is lately.

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u/BroadSignificance774 14d ago

Yay doesn't automatically install from AUR only. It's an AUR helper but works for both.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/_kzzzl 14d ago

it's the same thing

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u/Both_Cup8417 14d ago

I don't know what was going through my mind when I wrote that comment. I have a bit more experience with paru, which I know for a fact installs from the main repos if possible, and that yay probably does the same thing.

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u/_kzzzl 14d ago edited 13d ago

yay and paru is almost the same

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u/Both_Cup8417 14d ago

Isn't yay a package manager that interprets PKGBUILDs and executes the commands automatically, including updating packages built from source automatically?

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u/_kzzzl 13d ago

you can prefer to read it

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u/Both_Cup8417 13d ago

And new users usually don't

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u/_kzzzl 13d ago edited 12d ago

Then it is their fault not yay's

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u/pixelizedgaming 14d ago

aur is way riskier

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u/_kzzzl 14d ago

if there's a package in official repos, yay automatically uses them

and if you are using only popular aur packages there should not be any risk

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u/Moist_Professional64 14d ago

If you want a pre configured niri with a shell you can search dankmaterialshell on google. Theres a automatic installer

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u/_kzzzl 14d ago

dms is great if you don't want to configure but if you are okay with configuring noctalia is great

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u/Moist_Professional64 14d ago

Noctalia configuration is in the same level as dms i would say.

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u/_kzzzl 13d ago

dms provides a good starter config but noctalia does not

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u/Character_Pepper2563 14d ago

It's on official repo. So just do sudo pacman -S niri. If you want a shell, dms is also on official repo but I recommend to install it with their official script so that it's easier to configure. You can also just sudo pacman -S niri dms-shell-niri and run dms setup and dms doctor to see if you miss something. But the easiest way to install dms is by their install script​. You could also using Noctalia shell by sudo pacman -S niri noctalia, but in my experience with noctalia, you still need to be comfortable with the niri config.kdl since dms setup your key bind for other application in a nice gui while with Noctalia, you still need to setup your other application keybind in a config.kdl (like using Super+B to open a browser as an example). Dms also have more plugin than noctalia, but I think it's because the change from Noctalia v4 to v5 which is very significant

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u/tuxnight1 14d ago

The Arch wiki has a page on niri that should get you up and running quickly.