Desktop environments

This page explains how to install several desktop environments.

KDE Plasma

This command installs the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/plasma apps/discover

The layers/plasma package ships with the SDDM login manager. If you prefer to use SDDM as your login manager run this command:

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$ sudo systemctl enable sddm --force

GNOME

This command installs the GNOME desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/gnome apps/gnome-software

The layers/gnome package ships with the GDM login manager. If you prefer to use GDM as your login manager run this command:

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$ sudo systemctl enable gdm --force

MATE

This command installs the MATE desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/mate themes/mate 

XFCE

This command installs the XFCE desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/xfce 

LXQT

This command installs the LXQT desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/lxqt 

Cinnamon

This command installs the Cinnamon desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/cinnamon 

Enlightenment

This command installs the Enlightenment desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/enlightenment 

Trinity

This command installs the Trinity desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/trinity 

Hyprland

Hyprland is available in the community repository.

This command installs the Hyprland desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/hyprland apps/kitty

Niri + Noctalia shell

Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.

This command installs Niri:

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$ sudo luet install layers/niri

The following applications are required and available in the community repository:

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$ sudo luet install apps/alacritty apps/fastfetch apps/noctalia

After installation, set up the Noctalia shell configuration:

First add the following to ~/.config/niri/config.kdl to disable Waybar and start Noctalia on login:

// spawn-at-startup "waybar"
spawn-at-startup "qs" "-c" "noctalia-shell"

Then install the Noctalia shell configuration to your user directory:

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$ mkdir -p ~/.config/quickshell/noctalia-shell
$ curl -sL https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia/releases/latest/download/noctalia-latest.tar.gz \
  | tar -xz --strip-components=1 -C ~/.config/quickshell/noctalia-shell

Log out and select Niri from your login manager’s session menu.

Notes

• apps/alacritty is required as the default terminal (Super+T)
• apps/noctalia provides the qs binary (Quickshell runtime)
• The curl command installs the Noctalia shell config to your home directory; it is not managed by Luet and must be run once per user
• apps/fastfetch is used by Noctalia for system info display

Fluxbox

This command installs the Fluxbox desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/fluxbox 

COSMIC

This command installs the COSMIC desktop environment.

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$ sudo luet install layers/cosmic

Login managers

If you prefer to use Lightdm as your login manager run these commands:

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$ sudo luet install apps/lightdm

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$ sudo systemctl enable lightdm --force

If you prefer to use Slim as your login manager run these commands:

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$ sudo luet install apps/slim

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$ sudo systemctl enable slim --force

If you prefer to use Ly as your login manager run these commands:

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$ sudo luet install apps/ly

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$ sudo systemctl enable [email protected] --force

Ly available in the community repository.