Setting up POLYBAR on Linux (+ Arch and i3 info)

ATTENTION! Since uploading this video, I had problems with Polybar launching on startup. Now I just have "exec polybar example" at the end of my i3 config. I'll be looking more into it and possibly updating this video. Also, check below where I say "Unlike what I said in the video..."

How to set up Polybar on Linux for a nice-looking status bar.

I'm using i3 on Arch, but most of the video is applicable to any distro and DE/WM.

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Start by installing the polybar package from the AUR

Unlike what I said in the video, you do need to copy the config. So, do as follows: mkdir -p ~/.config/polybar cp /usr/share/doc/polybar/config ~/.config/polybar

And then you can continue by trying "polybar example" in a terminal

The link for the launch script I used that has support for multiple displays is here: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/763

Here is the launch script itself: if type "xrandr"; then for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" | cut -d" " -f1); do MONITOR=$m polybar --reload example & done else polybar --reload example & fi

And then in my polybar config, I have:

[bar/example] monitor = ${env:MONITOR:} [...]

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