How to Install and Uninstall compton Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "compton" package

Please follow the instructions below to install compton on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall compton on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: compton
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 275
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), 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, libxrandr2 (>= 4.3), libxrender1
Recommends: picom
Filename: pool/universe/c/compton/compton_1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 99664
MD5sum: 97aa57c030ecd08e2f0436718f629e86
SHA1: 156ff47ef933403e8b5348dc4e809bc2d4808f16
SHA256: 1d8dbae0cad379259c27d68eb2ef4c7ce8a239aacab1d49b1a9fa791b5a0d59c
SHA512: b809e7f3261b32f76454bac115aa179fb0c85894bb65b63b39c3f437e1cdd37319340c86d88f48bb2649404fa08a66f90cec9ec9530b55e6e73a4e0aea3b2853
Homepage: https://github.com/chjj/compton
Description: compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr
Description-md5: 718127d37e1133c4d7fedd1583072e81
Task: lubuntu-desktop