#COMPIZ FUSION UBUNTU DOWNLOAD INSTALL#
Once you are finished, extract the source tarballs (enter your home directory, then enter compiz-compile, then right click and click "Extract Here" on each of the packages).Īfter your are finished with that, compile each of the packages with "./configure & make & sudo make install" IN THIS ORDER:Īnd that is it! You now have a working install of Compiz Fusion, compiled by yourself! To run compiz fusion, go to Applications - System - Preferences - Appearance, then click on the "Visual Effects" tab, then select the level of eye candy you want. Now, to get the packages you will need for Compiz Fusion, go here and download any packages ending with "0.7.8.tar.gz": Īfter you are finished with that, go here and download the file named " compiz-0.7.8.tar.gz": The third command navigates into that directory. The second command created the directory "compiz-git", where the files we will compile will reside. The first command ensures that you are in your home directory, where compiz will be compiled from. The dependencies you will need, along with the command to install them, is listed below: A working graphics card, preferably with at least or more than 32MBs of ram and with the correct drivers for your graphics card ( Envy is a very good script for getting drivers for your graphics card).
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If you do not have that already installed, it will be installed for you in this tutorial. Generally a program is compiled with the Gnu Compiler Collection, or better known as the gcc.
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All open-source programs make their source code freely availble for anyone to edit and distribute, under their relevant license. Compiz Fusion is free and open source, and it is free to distribute under the GNU General Public License (the license in full is here).Ĭompiling is the building of a program from its base files, which we call source code.
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They are not officially supported by Ubuntu.Ĭompiz Fusion is a OpenGL accelerated window manager that provides impressive effects for your eye candy pleasure. WARNING: These are packages direct from the Compiz Fusion website and are not from the Ubuntu repositories.