Dotfiles

This directroy contains the dotfiles for my system It is inspired by this video

Requirements

Ensure that you have these packages installed on your system

• git
• stow

Installation

Clone the repo locally

git clone https://github.com/Hussein-Mourad/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles

Create symlinks using GNU stow

stow --adapt .
git restore .

Backup Packages

yay -Qq > .pkgslist.txt
yay -Qqe > .pkgslist-explicit.txt
pip list > .piplist.txt
pipx list --short > .pipxlist.txt

cronjob

* */2 * * * yay -Qq > $HOME/dotfiles/.pkgslist.txt # every 2 hours
* */2 * * * yay -Qeq > $HOME/dotfiles/.pkgslist.explicit.txt
* */3 * * * pip list > $HOME/dotfiles/.piplist.txt
* */3 * * * pipx list --short > $HOME/dotfiles/.pipxlist.txt

Change Theme checklist

• i3 Configuration, Path: ~/.config/i3/
• i3status or i3blocks Configuration
• i3lock Configuration ~/.local/bin/lockscreen
• Xresources file
• dunst Configuration
• rofi Configuration
• dmenu .dmenurc or rofi
• Terminals Configuration (konsole, xfce4-terminal, alacritty, kitty)
• tmux Configuration
• neovim Configuration
• fzf in zshrc
• zathura Configuration
• yazi Configuration
• bat Configuration
• change wallpaper
• GTK/QT Applications

TODO

• Configure nvim from scartch to avoid depending on an external distro

Notes

updating catppuccin theme

cd ~/.local/share/themes

# Set the root URL
export ROOT_URL="https://https://github.com/catppuccin/gtk/releases/download"

# Change to the tag you want to download
export RELEASE="v1.0.3"

# Change to suite your flavor / accent combination
export FLAVOR="mocha"
export ACCENT="mauve"
curl -LsS "${ROOT_URL}/${RELEASE}/catppuccin-${FLAVOR}-${ACCENT}-standard+default.zip"

# Extract the catppuccin zip file
unzip catppuccin-${FLAVOR}-${ACCENT}-standard+default.zip

# Set the catppuccin theme directory
export THEME_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/themes/catppuccin-${FLAVOR}-${ACCENT}-standard+default"

# Optionally, add support for libadwaita
mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0" &&
ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/assets" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/assets" &&
ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" &&
ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css"