How To Install compton on Debian 10

Learn how to install compton on Debian 10 with this tutorial. compton is compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compton on Debian 10.

What is compton

compton is:

compton is a compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr. In addition to shadows, fading and translucency, compton implements window frame opacity control, inactive window transparency, and shadows on argb windows.

There are three methods to install compton on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install compton Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install compton using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install compton

Install compton Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install compton using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install compton

Install compton 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 compton using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install compton

How To Uninstall compton on Debian 10

To uninstall only the compton package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove compton

Uninstall compton And Its Dependencies

To uninstall compton and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove compton

Remove compton Configurations and Data

To remove compton configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge compton

Remove compton configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove compton configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compton

Dependencies

compton have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compton package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.