Enhance quickshell with Fedora version detection and COPR availability checking

- Added Fedora version detection to identify system capabilities
- Implemented COPR availability check before installation attempt
- Added graceful fallback to AGS with informative messaging for unsupported versions (Rawhide, etc.)
- Improved installation verification via rpm package check
- Updated install.sh UI to clarify quickshell availability depends on COPR support
- Fixed shellcheck warnings: SC2066 (loop expansion) and SC1091 (dynamic source)
- Script now completes successfully even if quickshell unavailable, with clear user messaging
- Updated COPR to sdegler/hyprland for Fedora43/Rawhide support

CHANGELOGS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 ## CHANGELOGS
 
-## Dec 2025
+## Nov 2025 (Late Nov)
+
+- Enhanced quickshell.sh with Fedora version detection and COPR availability checking
+- Added graceful fallback messaging for Rawhide and other unsupported Fedora versions
+- Improved installation verification and error handling for quickshell package
+- Updated install.sh UI to inform users about quickshell COPR support dependency
+- Fixed shellcheck warnings in quickshell.sh (SC2066, SC1091)
+- Updated COPR to `sdegler/hyprland` Support Fedora43/Rawhide
+
+## Nov 2025 (Earlier)
 
 - Updated Quickshell-Overview integration with corrected IPC commands
 - Fixed OverviewToggle.sh script to use proper `qs ipc` syntax

install-scripts/copr.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 # solopasha/hyprland   # No longer getting updated
 # Replaced with sdegler/hypr-test 11/21/2025
 # Replaced sdegler/hypr-test with lionheartp/Hyprland  11/24/25
+# Replaced  lionheartp/Hyprland  with updated sdegler/hyprland COPR 
+#  Sdegler supports RAWHIDE and Fedora 43 
 
 COPR_REPOS=(
-    lionheartp/Hyprland
+    sdegler/hyprland 
     erikreider/SwayNotificationCenter
     errornointernet/packages
     tofik/nwg-shell

install-scripts/quickshell.sh

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 PARENT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 cd "$PARENT_DIR" || { echo "${ERROR} Failed to change directory to $PARENT_DIR"; exit 1; }
 
-# Source the global functions script
-if ! source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/Global_functions.sh"; then
+# shellcheck source=./Global_functions.sh disable=SC1091
+if ! source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")\Global_functions.sh"; then
   echo "Failed to source Global_functions.sh"
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -23,10 +23,24 @@ fi
 # Set the name of the log file to include the current date and time
 LOG="Install-Logs/install-$(date +%d-%H%M%S)_qshell.log"
 
+# Function to get Fedora version
+get_fedora_version() {
+    if [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
+        grep -oP '\d+' /etc/fedora-release | head -1
+    else
+        echo "unknown"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Get Fedora version for logging
+FEDORA_VERSION=$(get_fedora_version)
+printf "\n%s - Detecting system: ${SKY_BLUE}Fedora ${FEDORA_VERSION}${RESET} \n" "${NOTE}"
+echo "${INFO} Fedora version detected: ${FEDORA_VERSION}" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
 # Enable quickshell COPR Repositories
 printf "\n%s - Adding ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell COPR repo${RESET} \n" "${NOTE}"
 
-for repo in "$COPR_QUICK"; do
+for repo in $COPR_QUICK; do
   sudo dnf copr enable -y "$repo" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG" || { printf "%s - Failed to enable quickshell copr repo\n" "${ERROR}"; exit 1; }
 done
 
@@ -35,11 +49,34 @@ printf "\n%.0s" {1..1}
 # Installation of main components
 printf "\n%s - Installing ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell for Desktop Overview${RESET} \n" "${NOTE}"
 
-# Install quickshell
-echo -e "\n${NOTE} - Installing ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell for Desktop Overview${RESET}"
-for pkg in "${quick[@]}"; do
-    install_package "$pkg" "$LOG"
-done
+# Check if quickshell is available in the COPR repo
+printf "\n%s - Checking ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell availability${RESET} in COPR... \n" "${NOTE}"
+if ! sudo dnf list --available "quickshell" 2>&1 | grep -q "quickshell"; then
+    printf "\n%s - ${YELLOW}Quickshell not found${RESET} in COPR for Fedora ${FEDORA_VERSION}\n" "${WARN}"
+    printf "\n%s - This is ${YELLOW}known to occur${RESET} on Fedora Rawhide when the package hasn't been rebuilt\n" "${NOTE}"
+    printf "\n%s - ${SKY_BLUE}Fallback option available${RESET}: AGS (Aylur's GTK Shell) will be used instead\n" "${INFO}"
+    printf "\n%s - The ${SKY_BLUE}Hyprland-Dots OverviewToggle.sh${RESET} script will automatically detect and use AGS\n" "${INFO}"
+    printf "\n%s - You can install Quickshell manually later if it becomes available for your Fedora version\n" "${NOTE}"
+    echo "${WARN} Quickshell unavailable for Fedora ${FEDORA_VERSION}. AGS fallback will be used." | tee -a "$LOG"
+    printf "\n%.0s" {1..1}
+else
+    # Install quickshell
+    echo -e "\n${NOTE} - Installing ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell for Desktop Overview${RESET}"
+    for pkg in "${quick[@]}"; do
+        install_package "$pkg" "$LOG"
+    done
+    
+    # Verify installation
+    if rpm -q quickshell &>/dev/null; then
+        echo -e "\n${OK} ${SKY_BLUE}Quickshell${RESET} installed successfully for Fedora ${FEDORA_VERSION}"
+        echo "${OK} Quickshell successfully installed." | tee -a "$LOG"
+    else
+        printf "\n%s - ${YELLOW}Quickshell installation failed${RESET} unexpectedly\n" "${WARN}"
+        printf "\n%s - ${SKY_BLUE}Fallback option available${RESET}: AGS (Aylur's GTK Shell) will be used instead\n" "${INFO}"
+        printf "\n%s - The ${SKY_BLUE}Hyprland-Dots OverviewToggle.sh${RESET} script will automatically detect and use AGS\n" "${INFO}"
+        echo "${WARN} Quickshell installation failed. AGS fallback will be used." | tee -a "$LOG"
+    fi
+fi
 
 # NOTE: AGS is no longer removed to allow both AGS and Quickshell to coexist
 # The Hyprland-Dots OverviewToggle.sh script handles fallback between them

install.sh

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ options_command+=(
     "gtk_themes" "Install GTK themes (required for Dark/Light function)" "OFF"
     "bluetooth" "Do you want script to configure Bluetooth?" "OFF"
     "thunar" "Do you want Thunar file manager to be installed?" "OFF"
-    "quickshell" "Install quickshell for Desktop-Like Overview" "OFF"
+    "quickshell" "Install quickshell for Desktop-Like Overview (availability depends on COPR support for your Fedora version)" "OFF"
     "xdph" "Install XDG-DESKTOP-PORTAL-HYPRLAND (for screen share)?" "OFF"
     "zsh" "Install zsh shell with Oh-My-Zsh?" "OFF"
     "pokemon" "Add Pokemon color scripts to your terminal?" "OFF"