How to Install and Uninstall compton Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "compton" package

Please follow the steps below to install compton on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Learn how to uninstall compton on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: compton
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1-3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Phil Wyett
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 270
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgl1, 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
Filename: pool/universe/c/compton/compton_1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 103074
MD5sum: 3a795bcb5d9ac0af0601c649a5a9383d
SHA1: ed985037a33133d6b57eefdc176299d6e290b54e
SHA256: 26cbbda3d721da49dc4dde388f7a6148fb4ad08922f219ca6596dfd476bc12a8
SHA512: 0a1de16d43d9933c0d85c2073f56ad4c2804817cec614457721c28d3af62f418de1c332f35010bbef41d116871dc7115cfce416551d2457b082c0c84756071c0
Homepage: https://github.com/chjj/compton
Description: compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr
Description-md5: fa288ef1618c96c3b712753c01a39a37