How to Install and Uninstall unity-system-compositor Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "unity-system-compositor" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install unity-system-compositor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                unity-system-compositor
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "unity-system-compositor" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall unity-system-compositor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 unity-system-compositor package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: unity-system-compositor
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 6718
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.3+16.04.20160323-0ubuntu1
Depends: libandroid-properties1, libboost-system1.58.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libegl1-mesa (>= 7.8.1) | libegl1-x11, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgles2-mesa (>= 7.8.1) | libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libmirclient9 (>= 0.20.2+16.04.20160307), libmircommon5 (>= 0.20.2+16.04.20160307), libmirserver38 (>= 0.20.2+16.04.20160307), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libubuntu-platform-hardware-api3 (>= 3.0.1+16.04.20160203)
Suggests: powerd
Filename: pool/universe/u/unity-system-compositor/unity-system-compositor_0.4.3+16.04.20160323-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 397984
MD5sum: 17956db9fb1659c380598c7c1865e8ce
SHA1: b01692e38e4a6939a9b2fc1928cf9b420eae3268
SHA256: 7d8ffdc4caed601b56829ed0f18ca76f3f44721a93c15624de36c9bf657533c5
Description-en: System compositor for Ubuntu
System compositor used by the Mir display server in Ubuntu. If the Unity
System Compositor can't start, LightDM will fallback to plain Xorg display
server.
Description-md5: 1cd6110234462a43795c25f964836bf6
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity-system-compositor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-touch