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28allday ab845890ae Initial commit: install/uninstall scripts for NVIDIA GeForce NOW flatpak 
Targets the official com.nvidia.geforcenow flatpak (not the community
electron build). Forces XWayland for Hyprland compatibility and injects
a marker-bracketed windowrule into ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf so it
takes effect on Omarchy (where ~/.config/hypr/windowrules.conf is not
auto-sourced).

Updated for Hyprland 0.54.3:
- Uses modern `windowrule = ...` syntax (drops deprecated windowrulev2).
- Idempotent marker block in hyprland.conf, with hyprctl reload.
- Restarts Elephant so Walker picks up the new .desktop entry.
2026-05-03 14:03:40 +01:00

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geforcenow-native

Install / uninstall scripts for the official NVIDIA GeForce NOW Linux flatpak (com.nvidia.geforcenow) on Arch Linux + Hyprland (Omarchy-friendly).

This wraps the upstream NVIDIA flatpak — it does not use the community electron build. The scripts force XWayland (Wayland-native is broken under Hyprland at time of writing), drop a launcher in ~/.local/bin/geforcenow, register a .desktop entry that survives flatpak overrides, and inject a Hyprland windowrule that opens the app fullscreen.

Install

./install-geforcenow-native.sh

What it does:

  1. Installs Flatpak + Flathub if missing.
  2. Adds the NVIDIA GeForce NOW user-scope flatpak remote and installs com.nvidia.geforcenow.
  3. Forces the app onto XWayland (--nosocket=wayland --socket=x11).
  4. Adds a ~/.local/bin/geforcenow wrapper that sets SDL_VIDEODRIVER=x11.
  5. Writes ~/.local/share/applications/com.nvidia.geforcenow.desktop pointing at the wrapper, with StartupWMClass=GeForceNOW so the windowrule matches.
  6. Appends a marker-bracketed block to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf adding windowrule = fullscreen, class:^(GeForceNOW)$ and reloads Hyprland.
  7. Restarts Walker's Elephant backend so the new entry shows up.

Uninstall

./uninstall-geforcenow-native.sh

Removes the flatpak, the user remote, the launcher, both desktop entries, the app data under ~/.var/app/, the Hyprland marker block (and any legacy pre-marker GeForceNOW lines), then reloads Hyprland and restarts Elephant.

Flatpak and Flathub are intentionally left installed — they're often shared with other apps.

Notes

  • Tested on Hyprland 0.54.3 with Omarchy. Uses the modern windowrule syntax (no windowrulev2).
  • The windowrule lives in hyprland.conf because Omarchy's stock hyprland.conf does not source ~/.config/hypr/windowrules.conf.
  • Re-running the installer is safe — the marker block is stripped and re-added, so duplicates can't accumulate.

License

MIT