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Instructions

• make new user and add to wheel
• prerequisites
• get dotfiles
• rpmfusion
• installing dnf packages
• sudoers
• Make zsh the default shell for the user.
• librewolf (browser)
• doom emacs
• lf (file manager)
• interception tools (keyboard input mappings)
  • installing the configuration
• sway notifications
• autotiling in sway
• sc-im (terminal spreadsheet)
• pip
  • keepmenu (dmenu keepassxc client)
• go packages
  • pup
• packages from source/binaries
  • mpvpaper
  • 7-zip
• setting up flatpak
• flatpak packages
  • bottles and dependencies
  • flatseal
  • steam
  • rpsc3
• installing cargo
• other
  • crashes with wayland under amd gpus
• todos
  • add packages
    • add simple-mtpfs
    • add syncplay

setting up the system and packages

make new user and add to wheel

# make a user and add to the wheel group
useradd -m -g wheel user_name
# set a password
passwd user_name

prerequisites

for building/installing packages, also some dependencies for doomemacs, and zsh.

sudo dnf install curl ca-certificates make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel git util-linux-user zsh ntpsec dnf-plugins-core golang flatpak cmake libevdev-devel systemd-devel yaml-cpp-devel boost-devel ripgrep fd-find ShellCheck tar pip npm

get dotfiles

# getting dotfiles
git clone https://gitea.bubbletea.dev/cho/dotfiles ~/.dots

cp -rv ~/.dots/home/default/.* ~/
# or using stow
cd ~/.dots/home/ && stow default --target=$HOME/

rpmfusion

from https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration and https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia

# rpmfusion
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf groupupdate core

# multimedia
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

#amd
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld

#dvd
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-free-release-tainted
sudo dnf install libdvdcss

# non-free firmware
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted
sudo dnf --repo=rpmfusion-nonfree-tainted install "*-firmware"

installing dnf packages

sudo dnf install -y $(cat ~/.dots/packages.txt)

sudoers

Allow wheel users to sudo with password and allow several system commands (like `shutdown` to run without password).

echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >/etc/sudoers.d/00-wheel-can-sudo
echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/shutdown,/usr/bin/reboot,/usr/bin/systemctl suspend,/usr/bin/wifi-menu,/usr/bin/mount,/usr/bin/umount,/usr/bin/dnf update,/usr/bin/dnf update -y,/usr/bin/loadkeys" >/etc/sudoers.d/01-cmds-without-password
echo "Defaults editor=/usr/bin/nvim" >/etc/sudoers.d/02-visudo-editor

Make zsh the default shell for the user.

chsh -s /bin/zsh "$name" >/dev/null 2>&1
sudo -u "$name" mkdir -p "/home/$name/.cache/zsh/"
sudo -u "$name" mkdir -p "/home/$name/.config/abook/"
sudo -u "$name" mkdir -p "/home/$name/.config/mpd/playlists/"

librewolf (browser)

from https://librewolf.net/installation/fedora/

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.librewolf.net/librewolf-repo.repo

sudo dnf install librewolf

doom emacs

first we need marked for markdown support

sudo npm -g marked

git clone https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs ~/.emacs.d
~/.emacs.d/bin/doom install

lf (file manager)

this fork of lf allows for sixel graphics, which allows you to see images in terminals that supports sixel

from https://github.com/horriblename/lf#installation

env CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -ldflags="-s -w" github.com/horriblename/lf@latest

interception tools (keyboard input mappings)

change caps lock to escape (pressed) and mod (held down)

INSTALL FROM SOURCE

git clone https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/tools.git interception-tools
cd interception-tools
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build
cd build
sudo make install

git clone https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/dual-function-keys.git
cd dual-function-keys
make && sudo make install

it's a good idea to install these as well, if anything doesn't compile.

sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"

installing the configuration

sudo cp -rv ~/.dots/etc/interception /etc/
sudo cp ~/.dots/etc/systemd/system/udevmon.service /etc/systemd/system/

# enable
sudo systemctl enable udevmon.service

sway notifications

dnf copr enable erikreider/SwayNotificationCenter
dnf install SwayNotificationCenter

autotiling in sway

pip install i3ipc
pip install autotiling==1.8

sc-im (terminal spreadsheet)

sudo dnf copr enable marcusmueller/sc-im
sudo dnf install sc-im

pip

keepmenu (dmenu keepassxc client)

https://github.com/firecat53/keepmenu/blob/main/docs/install.md#install-recommended

pip install --user keepmenu

go packages

pup

needed for rssadd RSS scanning to work, it's optional if you don't really need it.

go install github.com/ericchiang/pup@latest

packages from source/binaries

mpvpaper

animated wallpapers (used by `change-background`)

# install dependencies
sudo dnf install meson ninja-build pkg-config wayland-protocols-devel wayland-devel mpv-devel wlroots-devel
# Clone
git clone --single-branch https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper
# Build
cd mpvpaper
meson build --prefix=/usr/local
ninja -C build
# Install
sudo ninja -C build install

7-zip

get the downloads from https://www.7-zip.org/download.html if you're using modern hardware, it's usually 64-bit linux x86-x64

# downloading and extracting the file
cd ~/Downloads/
curl -O <download-url>
mkdir 7-zip/
cd 7-zip/
tar -xvf ../<filename>.tar.xz
# put it into a PATH directory
sudo cp 7zz /usr/local/bin/

setting up flatpak

from https://flatpak.org/setup/Fedora

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak packages

bottles and dependencies

• gamescope
• mangohud

flatpak install -y com.valvesoftware.Steam.Utility.gamescope com.usebottles.bottles org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud

flatseal

flatpak install -y com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

steam

flatpak install -y com.valvesoftware.Steam

rpsc3

sudo flatpak install -y net.rpcs3.RPCS3

limits.conf settings https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/9328

sudo su
printf '*        hard    memlock        unlimited\n*        soft    memlock        unlimited' >> /etc/security/limits.conf

installing cargo

https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
# choose to customize installation, and choose `no` when it asks to modify PATH variable.

other

crashes with wayland under amd gpus

this happens on my machine. changing kernel to improves this issue, but it does still happen infrequently. may have to do with gpu drivers.

sudo dnf install 'dnf-command(versionlock)'

# create a temporary directory
mkdir /tmp/kernel && cd /tmp/kernel

# get packages
wget https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/6.0.14/300.fc37/x86_64/kernel-6.0.14-300.fc37.x86_64.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/6.0.14/300.fc37/x86_64/kernel-core-6.0.14-300.fc37.x86_64.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/6.0.14/300.fc37/x86_64/kernel-devel-6.0.14-300.fc37.x86_64.rpm https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/6.0.14/300.fc37/x86_64/kernel-modules-6.0.14-300.fc37.x86_64.rpm
# install them
sudo dnf install *.rpm

# lock them in their versions
sudo dnf versionlock add kernel-0:6.0.14-300.fc37 kernel-core-0:6.0.14-300.fc37 kernel-devel-0:6.0.14-300.fc37 kernel-modules-0:6.0.14-300.fc37

using sway 1.7 alongside the kernel seems to fix this (will update later if it works)

wget https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/sway/1.7/2.fc37/x86_64/sway-1.7-2.fc37.x86_64.rpm

# sway-config-upstream doesn't exist for sway 1.7-2
sudo dnf install sway-1.7-2.fc37.x86_64.rpm --allowerasing
sudo dnf versionlock sway-1.7-2.fc37

todos

add packages

TODO add simple-mtpfs

dnf package unmaintained

TODO add syncplay

the copr repository batmanfeynman/syncplay is unmaintained