Installing Dependencies

Each desktop has its own set of dependencies — the window manager, status bar, terminal emulator, and other tools it requires. You need to install these before applying a desktop.

Viewing dependencies

To see what a desktop requires:

gtheme desktop deps <desktop>

For example:

gtheme desktop deps hypr

This prints the list of required packages, one per line.

Optional dependencies

Some desktops also have optional dependencies for features you might not need. To see all dependencies (required + optional):

gtheme desktop deps <desktop> --all

Tip

Optional dependencies are listed in the desktop’s desktop_info.toml under optional_dependencies. You can skip these if you don’t need the corresponding features.

One-liner install (Arch Linux)

If you’re on Arch Linux with an AUR helper like yay or paru, you can pipe the dependency list directly:

yay

gtheme desktop deps hypr | yay -S --needed -

paru

gtheme desktop deps hypr | paru -S --needed -

To include optional dependencies:

yay

gtheme desktop deps hypr --all | yay -S --needed -

paru

gtheme desktop deps hypr --all | paru -S --needed -

Caution

For other distributions, you’ll need to manually find and install the equivalent packages using your package manager.

Desktop info

You can also view a desktop’s full metadata (author, description, credits, and dependencies) with:

gtheme desktop info <desktop>