How To Install compiz-plugins-main on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is compiz-plugins-main
compiz-plugins-main 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
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compiz-plugins-main
Install compiz-plugins-main Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compiz-plugins-main
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compiz-plugins-main
Install compiz-plugins-main 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compiz-plugins-main
How To Uninstall compiz-plugins-main on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the compiz-plugins-main
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-plugins-main
Uninstall compiz-plugins-main And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compiz-plugins-main
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove compiz-plugins-main
Remove compiz-plugins-main Configurations and Data
To remove compiz-plugins-main
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compiz-plugins-main
Remove compiz-plugins-main configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compiz-plugins-main
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compiz-plugins-main
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.