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Installation

Arch Linux

bash
yay -S delta-shell-git

From Source

Dependencies

Required

  • aylurs-gtk-shell
  • libastal-hyprland
  • libastal-niri
  • libastal-apps
  • libastal-battery
  • libastal-bluetooth
  • libastal-mpris
  • libastal-network
  • libastal-notifd
  • libastal-powerprofiles
  • libastal-tray
  • libastal-wireplumber
  • dart-sass

WARNING

Delta Shell will not run without the required dependencies

Optional

  • cliphist and wl-clipboard for clipboard management
  • gpu-screen-recorder for recording screen from control center
  • geoclue for autoloading the location for weather
  • tuned-ppd or power-profiles-daemon for switching between power profiles
  • brightnessctl and ddcutil for controlling screen brightness
  • bluez for connecting to bluetooth devices
  • libgtop for monitoring cpu usage

Arch Linux

To install the dependencies on Arch, you can use the following command:

bash
yay -S delta-shell-git libastal-niri-git aylurs-gtk-shell-git libastal-meta brightnessctl ddcutil dart-sass fd bluez tuned-ppd cliphist gpu-screen-recorder wl-clipboard libgtop

Installing Delta Shell

To install Delta Shell, you can run the following commands:

bash
git clone https://github.com/Sinomor/delta-shell.git
cd delta-shell
meson setup build
meson install -C build

Without Building

To install Delta Shell without building, you can run the following commands:

bash
git clone https://github.com/Sinomor/delta-shell.git
cd delta-shell
./delta-shell run

Running Delta Shell

Once you have installed Delta Shell, you can run it by running the following command:

bash
delta-shell run

Also more information you can get with

bash
delta-shell -h