HOWTO: Install Compiz-fusion from git « Aditya Kavoor

Compiz Fusion is going places since its existance. Offlate it has become awesome.

Here is a tutorial to compile the latest compiz from git.

First, see here if it is safe to run compiz-git.

Getting Git

sudo apt-get install git git-core

Getting Compiz-git

wget http://www.xs4all.nl/~mgj1/downloads/compiz-git-newest.tar.gz

tar xzf compiz-git-newest.tar.gz

You should now have a directory called compiz-git in your home-directory

Install compiz from git

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git install

Update compiz from git

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git update

Running compiz-fusion

fusion-icon
OR Run Compiz Fusion Icon (in your menu)

Uninstall compiz from git (which you would never do :))

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git uninstall

cd ..

rm -r compiz-git

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and lots more. Will update soon.

Enjoy Compiz. Special thanks to Martijn Bastiaan.

16 Responses to “HOWTO: Install Compiz-fusion from git”

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1 kavoor May 12, 2008 at 6:46 pm

English Translation of the above comment : I basically followed the instructions I found at this link.
2 free image hosting May 23, 2008 at 3:03 pm

thansk, now I know how to do so
3 dude June 2, 2008 at 5:00 am

dude the last site was better
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=643485&highlight=makefusion
4 lobak June 13, 2008 at 3:56 am

I just done as you had written, but I don’t have ANY new plugins from standard ubuntu 8.04
there were no error whatsoever
5 lobak June 13, 2008 at 4:33 am

ok, my fault. it didn’t reset shell just turn on compiz / turn off (several times) but after reset it works
6 slavco June 21, 2008 at 2:29 pm

Ok, but do I need to uninstall the regular compiz before I install compiz from git?
7 NukieNuggz June 22, 2008 at 6:01 am

hi there,

great How To, and i’d followed each step, but it seems that i’m missing cube reflection and deformation plugin. just wondering if anyone else have experienced the same problem?
8 Aditya Kavoor June 22, 2008 at 6:45 am

@ slavco

Its not a compulsion. If you uninstall always safe. There would be no mix and match.
9 Aditya Kavoor June 22, 2008 at 6:47 am

@ NukieNuggz

The system needs a restart. Run ccsm after a restart.
10 NukieNuggz June 22, 2008 at 7:45 am

@ Aditya Kavoor

I did restart after installation, and i did run ccsm after startup, and still i see no option for cube reflection and deformation. i’ve must of installed it incorrectly..
11 NukieNuggz June 22, 2008 at 11:58 pm

@ Aditya Kavoor

Nevermind, got it to working now, i’ve must of made a mistake somewhere when installing CF, but now i got it working…again thanks for a great How To
12 Aditya Kavoor June 23, 2008 at 5:48 am

@ NukieNuggz

Cool! Glad that it worked for you. Enjoy Compiz Fusion