My SwayWM installation on Debian testing

Installing Debian Testing ans SwayWM

There is great video about installing debian with btrfs file structure The essential commands on video. In order to enter to busybox Ctrl+Alt+F2

$ df -h
$ umount /target/boot/efi
$ umount /target
$ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
$ cd /mnt
$ ls
$ mv @rootfs @
$ btrfs su cr @home
$ mount -o noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@ /dev/sda2 /target
$ mkdir -p /target/boot/efi
$ mkdir -p /target/home
$ mount -o noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@home /dev/sda2 /target/home
$ mount /dev/sda1 /target/boot/efi
$ cd /target/etc/
$ nano fstab

And change defaults to this lines.

/     noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@
/home noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async,subvol=@home

In order to go out of busybox Ctrl+Alt+F1

Login with root user. After install connect to the internet.

I am connecting with my phone. NetworkConfiguration, WiFi, NetworkManager

$ ifconfig -a
$ ifconfig usb0 up && dhclient usb0

Then give sudo for normal user if you didn't do that.

$ apt install sudo
$ adduser username sudo
$ exit

Login with your username

And first install nala package manager.

$ sudo apt install nala

Install these essential packages for running swaywm.

$ sudo nala install \
$	firmware-iwlwifi \
$ 	network-manager \
$ 	firefox \
$	kitty \
$	sway

Configure sway.

$ mkdir ~/.config/sway
$ cp /etc/sway/config ~/.config/sway/config

Configure keyboard.

$ swaymsg -t get_inputs

Add this lines to your config file

$ echo "input - xkb_layout 'us,tr,ru' \
	input - xkb_options 'grp:win_space_toggle'" >> ~/.config/sway/config

Install other sway packages.

$ sudo nala install \
$	sway-backgrounds \
$	swayidle \
$	swaylock \
$	xdg-desktop-portal-wlr

Configure Wayland

$ sudo nala install \
$	qtwayland5 \
$	libreoffice-gtk3

Add environment variables in order to apps to work on wayland.

$ echo "GDK_BACKEND=wayland		#for GTK apps \n
$ CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland		#for clutter apps \n
$ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland;xcb	#for QT apps \n
$ SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland		#for SDL2 apps \n
$ MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1			#for Firefox \n
$ SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3		#for libreoffice \n
$ _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1	#for JAVA apps \n
$ ELM_DISPLAY=wl				#for EFL apps" >> .profile

For Chromium run program with

--ozone-platform=wayland

Also if you want to run some apps on xwayland install this.

$ sudo nala install xwayland

Install pipewire for audio.

pulseaudio-utils - installed for controlling volume keys.

I am not yet figured out how to configure it with native pipwire tools.

$ sudo nala install wireplumber \
$	pipewire-audio-client-libraries \
$	pipewire-pulse \
$	libspa-0.2-jack \
$	pulseaudio-utils
$
$ systemctl --user --now enable wireplumber.service
$ systemctl --user --now enable pipewire-pulse.service
$ sudo reboot

After reboot see what does show pactl.

$ LANG=C pactl info | grep '^Server Name'
$ sudo cp /usr/share/doc/pipewire/examples/alsa.conf.d/99-pipewire-default.conf /etc/alsa/conf.d/
$ sudo cp cp /usr/share/doc/pipewire/examples/ld.so.conf.d/pipewire-jack-*.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
$ sudo ldconfig

install and configure bluetooth(not yet tried myself)

As a pairing software install one of these

• gnome-bluetooth (for GNOME)
• bluedevil (for KDE)
• blueman (Gtk2) Bluetooth, Audio on bluetooth

$ sudo nala install \
$	libspa-0.2-bluetooth \
$	bluetooth \
$	blueman
$ service bluetoth start

$ sudo nala install \
$	firmware-linux \
$	intel-microcode \
$	brightnessctl \
$	tlp \
$	pcmanfm \
$	ntfs-3g \
$	btrfs-progs \
$	audacity \
$	geany \
$	wofi \
$	waybar \
$	vim \
$	git 

Install fonts

$ sudo nala install \
$	ttf-mscorefonts-installer \
$	fonts-crosextra-carlito \
$	fonts-crosextra-caladea \
$	fonts-font-awesome \
$	fonts-jetbrains-mono \

Install some codecs

$ sudo nala install \
$	libavcodec-extra