There is no universal guide. It depends on whether you are using DE or WM and which one. Then, if it's WM, you need to find other things, such as a terminal emulator, application launcher, status bar, etc. For example, I'm currently configuring Hyprland with kitty, rofi, eww and a few other things. All of them have their own wikis and docs. I would advise you to start with something simpler or use someone's rice, some of them come with installation scripts.