Ubuntu: Install Compiz Config Settings Manager to Configure Desktop Effects

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon January 20, 2008  
Tag Icon Tagged: Linux

Compiz-Fusion adds some very sexy desktop effects to Ubuntu. To easily customize these effects, it is vital to use the Compiz Config Setting Manager. Here’s how to install this great utilitiy:


1. Open a terminal window.

2. Execute the following command:sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager

To open the Settings Manager, click System, mouseover Preferences and select Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. You will be presented with a large selection of effects to choose from.

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  • vaitheez
    Thanks....
  • joe
    i love you<3 :)
  • sergiu
    THX
  • laxy
    root@laxy-laptop:/home/laxy# sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager
    Reading package lists... Done
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    Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "compizconfig-settings-manager"
    Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "compizconfig-settings-manager////////////////////////////////////////////WHY///////////////////////////
    No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Reading extended state information
    Initializing package states... Done
    Building tag database... Done
  • sageb1
    what do you need to do to stop compiz from interfering with the screen using the config file.

    here's my file contents:

    [general]
    integration = true
    backend = ini

    [gnome_session]
    integration = true
    backend = gconf

    [kde_session]
    integration = true
    backend = kconfig
    # /media/aisha/etc/compizconfig/config (file 1 of 1) (END)


    do i replace integration=true with integration=false ?
  • fraiold
    I can not find Advanced Desktop Effects Settings!
    You can help me? please?
  • this one also works:
    sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
  • Thanks for this, I couldn't remember what the package was.
  • arunaamsx
    after finished this package can't display it.display error massage can't display desktop driver's how to solve this problem
  • maidaken
    I dont know how to install it. What can I do?
    What is the procedure. Where I have to put the comand "sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager". I dont know where to find this comand to execute it.
  • Name
    It tells you: open up a terminal window, and enter this in. If you don't even know what terminal does, is Linux really the right operating system for you?
  • maidaken
    When i execute comand sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager it
    find nothing.
  • laclea
    Thank You soooo Much.
  • laclea
    Thank You so much for this.
  • psion0027
    its not doing the cool effects when i enable them, do i hafta logout or restart?
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