How To Install compiz-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-extra
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is compiz-plugins-extra
compiz-plugins-extra is:
This package ensures a clean upgrade path, and can be safely removed after the upgrade.
There are three methods to install compiz-plugins-extra
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-extra 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-extra
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz-plugins-extra
Install compiz-plugins-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-extra
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compiz-plugins-extra
Install compiz-plugins-extra 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-extra
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compiz-plugins-extra
How To Uninstall compiz-plugins-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the compiz-plugins-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-plugins-extra
Uninstall compiz-plugins-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compiz-plugins-extra
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove compiz-plugins-extra
Remove compiz-plugins-extra Configurations and Data
To remove compiz-plugins-extra
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compiz-plugins-extra
Remove compiz-plugins-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compiz-plugins-extra
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz-plugins-extra
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-extra
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.