A clean, minimal, productivity-focused Arch Linux + KDE Plasma setup for developers.

This repository documents:

• How to set up a fresh Arch + KDE system
• Essential tools for development
• Personal shell dotfiles (Zsh & Bash)

• KDE Plasma (stable desktop environment)
• Zsh + Oh My Zsh (better shell experience)
• Powerlevel10k (fast, informative prompt)
• Node.js via NVM (node, npm, pnpm)
• Brave Browser
• VS Code (binary build)
• yay (AUR helper)

• Install and extract zip folder: JetBrainsMono.zip

• Install: https://store.kde.org/p/1279924/

• Download File: kde/colors/SweetKdeRaunak.colors
• Put it in this folder: ~/.local/share/color-schemes/

1. Download File: kde/plasma/Sweet-plasma.tar.gz
2. Extract inside this folder: ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/

1. Download File: kde/aurorae/MacVentura-Dark-Decoration.tar.gz
2. Extract inside this folder: ~/.local/share/aurorae/themes/

• You already have Arch Linux installed
• KDE Plasma is available / selected
• You have a working network connection

Follow the steps below to set up a minimal developer-friendly KDE system.

Keep your system current before installing new packages:

sudo pacman -Syu

Reboot if the kernel or Plasma packages were updated.

Install packages used for building, networking, and development:

sudo pacman -S --needed \
  git base-devel curl wget zsh NetworkManager

Enable networking:

sudo systemctl enable --now NetworkManager

Set Zsh as your login shell:

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Install Oh My Zsh:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Reload your shell after installation:

source ~/.zshrc

Install the prompt theme:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git \
  ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Then set in ~/.zshrc:

ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Configure after reloading Zsh:

source ~/.zshrc
p10k configure

Install NVM and use it to manage Node versions:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

source ~/.zshrc

nvm install --lts

npm install -g pnpm

Verify installations:

node -v && npm -v && pnpm -v

This repository includes a ready-to-use installer script:

dotfiles/scripts/install.sh

Features:

• Clone and build yay to install AUR Package

• Backup and link shell configs (.zshrc, .bashrc)

• Copy KDE Plasma themes & icons

• Optionally install core applications (VS Code, Brave, Kitty)

To Run the installer Follow the prompts in the script:

cd ~/dotfiles

chmod +x scripts/install.sh

./scripts/install.sh

Kitty stores user configuration under ~/.config/kitty/. This repository includes an example config at kitty/kitty.conf that you can link into your home directory.

kitty/
└── kitty.conf

Steps to install the config:

# create the config directory (if needed) and symlink the packaged config
git clone https://github.com/<raunak-dubey>/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/kitty"

ln -sf "$HOME/dotfiles/kitty/kitty.conf" "$HOME/.config/kitty/kitty.conf"

Apply changes:

# If a Kitty instance is running, reload its config:
kitty @ reload-config
# If that does not apply the changes, restart Kitty (close and re-open the app)

Tip: If your config changes don't take effect, ensure you are modifying the file pointed to by the symlink and that Kitty is running under the same user account.