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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "picom" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install picom 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 "picom" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall picom on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: picom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nikos Tsipinakis
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 501
Depends: python3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfig9, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libegl1, libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libgl1, libpcre3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.25.2), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.8.4), 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_10.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 194086
MD5sum: 290259a3e6560d161224bd1951b0b123
SHA1: 52936e11acadb7d98c7e78ac0a6e8bda7d362939
SHA256: 4bf0aca9461002d32193a1dba2531d5af74f42d74a964c6005d7e8522a792383
SHA512: f92dde977ff2e2ea3c8643e47a6a644b6fa84d3d9dd7187db43b38abd3f85341ac8d12efff0ebf39187bd717f2e43277e1dd17c1cf01c2bc666a9ac09748494f
Homepage: https://github.com/yshui/picom
Description: lightweight compositor for X11
Description-md5: 0cdc5e7cbef4cd0133f109cc1508a33f
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop