How to Install and Uninstall compton Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "compton" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install compton on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Learn how to uninstall compton on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: compton
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 271
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
Recommends: picom
Filename: pool/universe/c/compton/compton_1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 103286
MD5sum: 8a17294c935b875486f62b62a22a9c40
SHA1: 6fd699f09a532d6a66dc2c077c81d944ec0c5137
SHA256: 235cadd75818d95b4fdf43241a0a34e3d9ae9b697f47e0bc146a7f254c58921f
SHA512: 78e41d222dd7c12397a4b71051b7fd33ecfe0e43f59d047b577e89216709ce32e5b093990d4df1a4425b22d2cd47506537a3bd06873522d70b9db9f364de4e8d
Homepage: https://github.com/chjj/compton
Description: compositor for X11, based on xcompmgr
Description-md5: 718127d37e1133c4d7fedd1583072e81