Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Forget pumpkin carving. This year, We will carved out a haunted Hyprland setup straight from the underworld of Arch Linux 👻




Links:
Download Config Files -github.com/itsfoss/text-script-files
Download Everforest GTK Theme - gnome-look.org/p/1695467
Download Dominus Funeral icon theme - gnome-look.org/p/1273980
Download Creepster font - fonts.google.com/specimen/Creepster




Commands:
sudo pacman -S hyprland xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland hyprpolkitagent kitty foot
sudo pacman -S hyprpaper hyprpicker hyprlock waybar wofi dunst fastfetch bat eza starship nautilus
sudo pacman -S sddm
sudo systemctl enable sddm.service
sudo pacman -S firefox
sudo pacman -S qt5ct nwg-look
mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons ~/.fonts
sudo pacman -S ttf-firacode-nerd ttf-cascadia-code-nerd ttf-cascadia-mono-nerd woff2-font-awesome ttf-jetbrains-mono
cp ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf.bak
mv --exchange ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf /path/to/new/hyprland/config
alias ls='eza -lG --color always --icons'
alias la='eza -alG --color always --icons'
alias cat='bat --color always --theme="Dracula"'




Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Step 1: Install Hyprland and necessary packages
1:29 Step 2: Install and enable display manager
2:14 Step 3: Install other utility packages
3:14 Step 4: Download custom Hyprland dot files
4:15 Step 5: Copy wallpaper to directory
5:09 Step 6: Download GTK theme, icons and fonts
7:14 Step 7: Install other nerd fonts
7:50 Step 8: Copy and paste config files
8:32 Step 9: Replace Hyprland config
9:21 Step 10: Paste hyprlock and hyprpaper configs
9:54 Step 11: Change themes
10:31 Step 12: Set Starship and aliases
12:11 End screen




What you will learn:
1. How to have a Halloween-inspired dark, spooky makeover with Hyprland
2. Step 1: Install Hyprland and necessary packages
a. How to install all the essential Hyprland packages to get the system up and running
b. How to install Hyprland and necessary packages
c. How to install other utility packages
3. Step 2: Install and enable display manager
a. How to install SDDM package
b. How to enable the display manager on boot time
4. Step 3: Install other utility packages
a. How to open a terminal in Hyprland
b. How to install theme packages
c. How to install theme managers
5. Step 4: Download custom Hyprland dot files
a. How to extract the archive file
6. Step 5: Copy wallpaper to directory
a. How to Copy the images in the wallpapers folder to a directory called ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
7. Step 6: Download GTK theme, icons and fonts
a. How to Download the Everforest GTK theme dark borderless macOS buttons
b. How to Download Dominus Funeral icon theme dark style
c. How to Download the "Creepster" font from Google Fonts website
8. Step 7: Install other nerd fonts
a. How to download and install Firacode Mono Nerd Font and Caskaydia Nerd font, Font awesome free desktop fonts and JetBrains Mono
9. Step 8: Copy and paste config files
a. How to copy Waybar panel configs and styles, Application launcher config, Customized dunst notification system and Customized starship prompt to ~/.config folder
10. Step 9: Replace Hyprland config
a. How to exchange the content of the hyprland.conf in your system with the customized content
11. Step 10: Paste hyprlock and hyprpaper configs
a. How to copy the hyprlock.conf and hyprpaper.conf file to ~/.config/hypr directory
12. Step 11: Change themes
a. How to Open the NWG-Look app and set the GTK theme and font (Creepster font) for GTK apps
b. How to change icon theme
13. Step 12: Set Starship and aliases
a. How to enable Starship prompt





























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