Here is a guide for all those peeps who are willing to install Compiz Fuison on Ubuntu. This Guide is based on the latest ver. of Compiz Fusion based on Amarnath Repo./Trevino Repo. Both these Repo. Contains the latest ver. of Compiz Fusion which stable then previous ver. and has all the plugins that you need
Note : To install this ver. you must un-install previous ver. of 3d Desktop manager Like Compiz,Beryl or Compiz Fusion[early ver.]
To remove Beryl Type this
sudo apt-get remove beryl
To remove previous ver. of Compiz Fusion type this
sudo apt-get –purge remove compiz* libcompizconfig*
First add Amaranth’s repository: To add repo. Just Open the terminal and type this:-
gkudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
A editor/notepad will open and add this line in the end of it :-
deb http://ppa.dogfood.launchpad.net/amaranth/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ppa.dogfood.launchpad.net/amaranth/ubuntu feisty main restricted universe multiverse
Now Since you have successfully added Repo. Save it and close it
Now come back to Terminal and type this : -
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager
Now you have successfully installed compiz fusion. Some of the people will be thinking of having a comiz fusion icon in Task bar /Panel. for ease of use
So download the .deb file and simple install it by double clicking it:)
http://rapidshare.com/files/50929263/fusion-icon_1.0-1_i386.deb.html
http://www.mediafire.com/?9z13xjohs5p
Now you have added icon and installed Compiz Fusion .
Time to rock .. To Open Compiz Fusion Click on Main Menu -> System Tools -> Compiz Icon or press ALT + F2
Type the following if you want :–
- Compiz Fusion with Panel Icon
fusion-icon
- Compiz Fusion without panel icon
compiz –replace
To Know the shortcuts of Compiz Fusion open the Compiz Fusion Manager simple by right clicking on Compiz Fusion Panel Icon and seleting “Settings Manager“.. Enable , Disable the things you want and happy Tuxing
Some quick tricks:
- Hold CTRL + ALT keys and with the left mouse button rotate the cube
- Super + E activates the Expo plugin
- Hold Super + Shift and with your mouse paint fire on your desktop
- Super + Shift + C will erase the fire paint
- Super + Tab activates the Ring Switcher plugin
Here is My Compiz Fusion Desktop Screenshots
Trevino Repo.
1’st do this in Terminal
sudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list
Add these lines at the end
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
Save the editor and type this in Terminal Make sure you had save those lines in the editor
sudo wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb/DD800CD9.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Then to make yourself safe run an update for the system
sudo apt-get update
Now make sure you have removed Compiz Fusion earlier ver. To do this
sudo apt-get remove compiz-core desktop-effects
and search Synaptic Manager for remaining and remove it.After you are done and confirmed that you have nothing installed of previous Cf then do this in Terminal
sudo apt-get install compiz # compiz-gnome AND/OR compiz-kde
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager # compizconfig-backends-* ?!
sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-*
Here are the screenshot of CF using the following repo




October 14, 2007 at 8:47 pm
THANX! Ive been trying to figure this out for a while.
October 23, 2007 at 6:19 pm
WOW. Thanks for your efforts and great information provided.
October 27, 2007 at 9:06 am
Thanks a lot for such an informative tutorial
October 27, 2007 at 9:07 am
Thanks a lot for such an informative tutorial
November 14, 2007 at 3:58 pm
problem uninstalling the compiz that comes with ubuntu.
I try:
sudo apt-get –purge remove compiz* libcompizconfig*
and many many things are selected (such as c++-compiler, lisp-compiler, etc).
I try to remove all compiz packages using synaptic and it wants to remove ubuntu-desktop as well.
Any way around this?
regards,
rich
December 1, 2007 at 9:40 am
@Rich-Just uninstall Compiz by replacing ‘beryl’ with ‘compiz’ in the method described to remove beryl. I assume that you don’t have earlier version of Compiz Fusion installed(just like me)