How to Install and Uninstall compton Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "compton" package

This tutorial shows how to install compton on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall compton on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the compton package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: compton
Version: 1-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 271
Maintainer: Phil Wyett
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgl1, libpcre3, libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.4.5), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6 (>= 2:1.3.0), libxfixes3, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 4.3), libxrender1
Description: compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr
Description-md5: 718127d37e1133c4d7fedd1583072e81
Homepage: https://github.com/chjj/compton
Tag: role::program, x11::composite-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/compton/compton_1-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 99884
MD5sum: 430219e4544e1c26c2513b38f8c09fc8
SHA256: b55bd23886b80bda33d2dfe3dc936761ca970465faec1fb7b772fdacb7093cff