How To Install compiz-manager on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-manager in Fedora 36. compiz-manager is A wrapper script to start compiz with proper options

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-manager on Fedora 36.

What is `compiz-manager`

This script will detect what options we need to pass to compiz to get it started, and start a default plugin and possibly window decorator.

We can use yum or dnf to install compiz-manager on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install compiz-manager.

Install compiz-manager on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compiz-manager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install compiz-manager

Install compiz-manager on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install compiz-manager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install compiz-manager

How To Uninstall compiz-manager on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the compiz-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove compiz-manager

compiz-manager Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/compiz-manager
/usr/share/doc/compiz-manager
/usr/share/doc/compiz-manager/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/compiz-manager/README.md

References

compiz-manager website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-manager on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).