Hyprland 0.52.2+ for Fedora — Clean COPR Build

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I’ve published my own Hyprland COPR repository for Fedora

This is a clean, spec-compliant build, following Fedora RPM best practices:

correct RPM packaging
no duplicated system libraries
Hyprland-specific libraries vendored and isolated under /usr/libexec/hyprland/vendor
proper RUNPATH set at build time (no LD_LIBRARY_PATH hacks)
runtime verified with ldd, readelf, and duplicate checks

Motivation

The motivation was purely practical.

Hyprland 0.45 was available in Fedora 42, but it is not currently shipped in Fedora 43 official repositories; upstream is already at 0.52+.

I needed a newer compositor with fresh Hyprland features to unblock my own experiments — especially around Wayland and Rust-based tooling.

I solved this problem for myself first, and then decided to share the result with the community.

If you care about clean builds, reproducibility, and no ABI conflicts, this repository is for you. (stable recent releases, updated as needed — not automatically tracking every upstream commit)

Proofs / Technical Guarantees

Vendor libraries are isolated and do not shadow system libraries
No parallel-install conflicts (dnf repoquery --duplicates is clean)
Dynamic linking is deterministic and auditable
Build avoids patchelf (which is known to corrupt ELF headers in this case)

All of this can be verified directly from the installed package.

Install from copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ashbuk/Hyprland-Fedora

sudo dnf copr enable ashbuk/Hyprland-Fedora
sudo dnf install hyprland

re-login and verify:

Hyprland --version
# Hyprland 0.52.2

What's Included

Package	Description
`Hyprland`	Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
`hyprctl`	CLI control tool
`hyprpm`	Plugin manager

Bundled libraries (in /usr/libexec/hyprland/vendor/):

libaquamarine 0.10.0
libhyprlang 0.6.7
libhyprutils 0.11.0
libhyprcursor 0.1.13
libhyprgraphics 0.4.0

Top comments (8)

Sloan the DEV Moderator • Dec 22

We loved your post so we shared it on social.

Keep up the great work!

Asher Buk • Dec 23 • Edited

Much appreciated!

Grégoire Paris • Dec 20

Extra question: I've tried your copr, and on startup there is a popup asking me to install hyprland-guiutils, but I cannot find that package.

Asher Buk • Dec 20 • Edited

hyprland-guiutils is not a core Hyprland dependency and is not provided by this COPR.
Its an optional upstream Hyprland dependency for GUI dialogs (permission prompts, etc.). This popup is standard Hyprland behavior, not a bug in this COPR build. To disable the warning, add to your Hyprland config:

misc {
disable_hyprland_guiutils_check = true
}

Grégoire Paris • Dec 20

Thanks! I left Hyprland this morning because of broken dependencies, and I'm back on it now thanks to you!

Asher Buk • Dec 20

Glad it helped - thanks for giving the COPR a try and for the feedback!

Grégoire Paris • Dec 20

Hi! 2 questions:

You say Fedora 43 ships hyprland, but when I tried upgrading last week I could not find it. I see it is not listed here. Are you sure Fedora 43 ships hyprland?

How does this copr compare to copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/so... ?

Asher Buk • Dec 20

Thanks for pointing this out you’re right (that was an inaccuracy):
Fedora 43 does NOT ship Hyprland in the official repositories.
The package was available in Fedora 42 (the 0.45 version I mentioned), but it is currently not present in Fedora 43 official repos. I’ll fix this wording in the post.

Regarding the COPR difference: my COPR provides a newer Hyprland version with a clean, minimal, Fedora-compliant RPM build, focused only on the core compositor.
The solopasha COPR targets a broader setup and may include additional helper packages and integrations. My goal here is a more minimal and reproducible build without extra components.