How To Install compiz-plugins-main on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main on Kali Linux. compiz-plugins-main is Compiz Reloaded plugins - main collection

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install compiz-plugins-main on Kali Linux.

What is compiz-plugins-main

compiz-plugins-main is:

Compiz Reloaded 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 the primary and most well tested set of plugins from the compiz project.

There are three methods to install compiz-plugins-main 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 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 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 compiz-plugins-main using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install compiz-plugins-main

How To Uninstall compiz-plugins-main on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

Dependencies

compiz-plugins-main have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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