How To Install picom on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picom on Kali Linux.

What is picom

picom is:

picom is a compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr. In addition to shadows, fading and translucency, picom implements window frame opacity control, inactive window transparency, and shadows on argb windows.

picom is a fork of compton as it seems to have become unmaintained.

There are three methods to install picom 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 picom Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install picom

Install picom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install picom using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install picom

Install picom 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 picom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install picom

How To Uninstall picom on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the picom package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove picom

Uninstall picom And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove picom

Remove picom Configurations and Data

To remove picom configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge picom

Remove picom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picom

Dependencies

picom have the following dependencies:

• python3
• libc6
• libconfig9
• libdbus-1-3
• libev4

References

• picom website

Summary

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