How to Install and Uninstall picom Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "picom" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install picom on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall picom on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                picom
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the picom package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: picom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nikos Tsipinakis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 449
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libgl1, libpcre3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), 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)
Filename: pool/universe/p/picom/picom_9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 179028
MD5sum: 11a63e12767ee15300b6ad65f83e726b
SHA1: d5eb1eeaa25dc67d12d51dc011ff68727445492c
SHA256: ccb8c550c14bd98af423ad79dea096d693f3be40308806c80edc9ad86b61aeec
SHA512: d4b3f660fab3d951bd6492faf593f8bb68770fe9d1893d0e224483c602873e6b5b1c4d1d2a2df3ffc7b71eb92a902d2b90ac54bcf0d403952d16f59464e38d0e
Homepage: https://github.com/yshui/picom
Description: lightweight compositor for X11
Description-md5: 0cdc5e7cbef4cd0133f109cc1508a33f
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop