How To Install python-compizconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-compizconfig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-compizconfig
python-compizconfig is:
Compiz Fusion is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Window Manager. It seeks to provide an easy and fun-to-use windowing environment, allowing use of the graphics hardware to provide impressive effects, amazing speed and unrivalled usefulness
This package provides Python bindings for the compizconfig system.
There are three methods to install python-compizconfig 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 python-compizconfig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-compizconfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-compizconfig
Install python-compizconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-compizconfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-compizconfig
Install python-compizconfig 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 python-compizconfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-compizconfig
How To Uninstall python-compizconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-compizconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-compizconfig
Uninstall python-compizconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-compizconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-compizconfig
Remove python-compizconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python-compizconfig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-compizconfig
Remove python-compizconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-compizconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-compizconfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-compizconfig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
