How to Install and Uninstall compiz-plugins Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 10,2025

You can also install and uninstall the compiz-plugins on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "compiz-plugins" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install compiz-plugins on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                compiz-plugins
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "compiz-plugins" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall compiz-plugins on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                compiz-plugins
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the compiz-plugins package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: compiz-plugins
Source: compiz
Version: 2:0.8.18-5
Installed-Size: 4510
Maintainer: Hypra Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: compiz-core (= 2:0.8.18-5), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libdecoration0 (>= 2:0.8.14-0~), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), librsvg2-2 (>= 2.14.4), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxrender1
Description: OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins
Description-md5: f39811ad992ce3c6488dd01040e8dec9
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/compiz/compiz-core
Tag: role::plugin, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/compiz/compiz-plugins_0.8.18-5_amd64.deb
Size: 776820
MD5sum: 2211680955856995ac9ca1a072d207e8
SHA256: f6888e803089fe2680b24e3a259fad884d2a794342660eff167b51a894fb172c