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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "picom" package

This is a short guide on how to install picom on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: picom
Version: 9.1-1
Installed-Size: 457
Maintainer: Nikos Tsipinakis
Architecture: amd64
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.33), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libgl1, libpcre3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.5), libxcb-composite0, libxcb-damage0, libxcb-glx0, libxcb-image0 (>= 0.2.1), libxcb-present0, libxcb-randr0 (>= 1.10), libxcb-render-util0, libxcb-render0 (>= 1.12), libxcb-shape0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb-xinerama0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2)
Description: lightweight compositor for X11
Description-md5: 0cdc5e7cbef4cd0133f109cc1508a33f
Homepage: https://github.com/yshui/picom
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/picom/picom_9.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 170084
MD5sum: e0d9759958d02539b98704a28eee7b32
SHA256: 4b91bde93d2fc17d215bc92cd25638a0b0130c9a6aeb9f08a046f2057a5aeba5