How To Install compton on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install compton on Ubuntu.
What is compton
compton is:
compton is a compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr. In addition to shadows, fading and translucency, compton implements window frame opacity control, inactive window transparency, and shadows on argb windows.
This package is deprecated and will soon be removed, please switch to picom.
There are three methods to install compton on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install compton Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install compton using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install compton
Install compton Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install compton using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install compton
Install compton 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 compton using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install compton
How To Uninstall compton on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the compton package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compton
Uninstall compton And Its Dependencies
To uninstall compton and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove compton
Remove compton Configurations and Data
To remove compton configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge compton
Remove compton configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove compton configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compton
Dependencies
compton have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install compton package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.