How to Install and Uninstall compton Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "compton" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install compton on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                compton
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "compton" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall compton on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                compton
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the compton package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: compton
Version: 0.1~beta2+20150922-1
Installed-Size: 264
Maintainer: Scott Leggett
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libpcre3, libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6 (>= 2:1.3.0), libxfixes3, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 4.3), libxrender1
Description: compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr
Description-md5: fa288ef1618c96c3b712753c01a39a37
Homepage: https://github.com/chjj/compton
Tag: role::program, x11::composite-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/compton/compton_0.1~beta2+20150922-1_amd64.deb
Size: 99740
MD5sum: 3c6be144c9bafcab3c96ce89fe90d25f
SHA256: 115f7d3ed14e9e70ec3523a27f520843744384de0cc26de5af6b5e382f8e66b9