How To Install compiz-plugins-main on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main on Debian 9.
What is compiz-plugins-main
compiz-plugins-main is:
This package ensures a clean upgrade path, and can be safely removed after the upgrade.
There are three methods to install compiz-plugins-main on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install compiz-plugins-main Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-main using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz-plugins-main
Install compiz-plugins-main Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-main using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compiz-plugins-main
Install compiz-plugins-main Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-main using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compiz-plugins-main
How To Uninstall compiz-plugins-main on Debian 9
To uninstall only the compiz-plugins-main package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-plugins-main
Uninstall compiz-plugins-main And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compiz-plugins-main and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove compiz-plugins-main
Remove compiz-plugins-main Configurations and Data
To remove compiz-plugins-main configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compiz-plugins-main
Remove compiz-plugins-main configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compiz-plugins-main configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz-plugins-main
Dependencies
compiz-plugins-main have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
