How To Install compiz-bcop on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-bcop on Kali Linux.

What is compiz-bcop

compiz-bcop is:

Compiz Reloaded is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Window Manager. It seeks to provide an easy and fun-to-use windowing environment, allowing use of the graphics hardware to provide impressive effects, amazing speed and unrivalled usefulness

This tool is used to generate code for use with compiz plugins.

There are three methods to install compiz-bcop on Kali Linux. 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-bcop 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-bcop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install compiz-bcop

Install compiz-bcop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install compiz-bcop

Install compiz-bcop Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install compiz-bcop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install compiz-bcop

How To Uninstall compiz-bcop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove compiz-bcop

Uninstall compiz-bcop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall compiz-bcop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove compiz-bcop

Remove compiz-bcop Configurations and Data

To remove compiz-bcop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge compiz-bcop

Remove compiz-bcop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz-bcop

Dependencies

compiz-bcop have the following dependencies:

• pkg-config
• xsltproc

References

• compiz-bcop website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-bcop package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.