How To Install compiz-plugins-main-default on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main-default
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is compiz-plugins-main-default
compiz-plugins-main-default is:
This package ensures a clean upgrade path, and can be safely removed after the upgrade.
There are three methods to install compiz-plugins-main-default
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-main-default 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-main-default
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz-plugins-main-default
Install compiz-plugins-main-default Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-main-default
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compiz-plugins-main-default
Install compiz-plugins-main-default 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-main-default
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compiz-plugins-main-default
How To Uninstall compiz-plugins-main-default on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the compiz-plugins-main-default
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-plugins-main-default
Uninstall compiz-plugins-main-default And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compiz-plugins-main-default
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-main-default
Remove compiz-plugins-main-default Configurations and Data
To remove compiz-plugins-main-default
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compiz-plugins-main-default
Remove compiz-plugins-main-default configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compiz-plugins-main-default
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz-plugins-main-default
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main-default
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.