How To Install compiz on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz on Debian 9.
What is compiz
compiz is:
Compiz brings to life a variety of visual effects that make the Linux desktop easier to use, more powerful and intuitive, and more accessible for users with special needs.
This metapackage provides the components necessary for running compiz. It provides the compiz core, a set of standard plugins, a window decorator using the Gtk toolkit and the files necessary to integrate compiz with the GNOME desktop environment.
There are three methods to install compiz 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz
Install compiz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compiz
Install compiz 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compiz
How To Uninstall compiz on Debian 9
To uninstall only the compiz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz
Uninstall compiz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compiz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove compiz
Remove compiz Configurations and Data
To remove compiz configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compiz
Remove compiz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compiz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz
Dependencies
compiz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.