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HOW TO INSTALL:
I'm gonna assume we're installing on a fresh install, so most of you
(specially if you already have experience installing eyecandy) might
already have some steps covered, like getting Trevino's repository, for
example. But to help those who might not have it installed, I'm gonna
cover all the steps.
STEP 1:
First, we'll be adding Trevino's repositories, which is where we're getting
our Fusion copy from. You can also find a lot of other eyecandy
software from them, like Avant Window Nav. and Affinity. Anyway, first
we go to System->Administration->Software sources and select the
"Third-party sources" tab. You're gonna get a listbox and a button that
says "add" below it. Click there and paste the following:
Code:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
Now do exactly the same and add this:
Code:
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
Make sure that the added lines have appeared in the listbox. Done?
Now close that window and open up the terminal. Once we're on the
terminal, type the following to get the GPG Key for the repositories we
just added (You can probably skip this step, but it's best to do this).
Once entered, just wait. If for some reason it seems to be done
but the "user@computer:$ " thing doesn't appear, close the terminal and
open a new one or just start hitting random keys, for some reason, that
happens to me so I thought I'd add that to avoid you waiting centuries
for nothing to happen. Anyway, once that's done:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
You should notice the two lines we added in the update list. If
they're there, so far so good.
STEP 2:
Now we'll install what we need so we can start playing with our new
beautiful effects. I should note that most of the following comes from http://forums.opencompositing.org/vi...php?f=14&t=131,
so you might as well go there and continue.
Anyway, just type these on a terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove compiz-core desktop-effects
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-*
If everything got removed / installed correctly, just press alt+f2
and type
If all went well, congratulations, you now have Compiz Fusion! You
can configure it at the System->Preferences menu.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Alright, now to make this guide kinda useful, I'll add a couple of fixes
that might help, feel free to add more in the comments or something.
1. Windows are not moving as smoothly as they used to in Beryl /
Compiz.
This happened to me and it took me a while to fix. However, it shouldn't
be too difficult. The current move plugin for some reason acts like
that, so until they fix it we'll install a replacement plugin which is
actually the old move plugin 
[UPDATE] Before doing the following, you have
to install the following packages from the repos if you don't have them
already:
libxslt1.1
libxslt1-dev
compiz-dev
1. Go here: http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=1064
2. Get the douge plugin
3. Untar it anywhere, preferably home so you don't have to navigate too
mcuh on terminal.
4. Navigate to the new douge directory and type
5. Restart Fusion
6. Go to the configurator and deselect move plugin, select douge.
That should do it, but if you see no change, restart the GUI
(ctrl+alt+backspace) to make sure before making sure it's not working.
(Credit goes to Delfick from opencompositing forums for this one)
2. No window borders!
Well actually, I think there are a million possibilities for why this
happens, but everytime it happens to me I can fix it with this command.
Run it with alt+f2:
Code:
emerald --replace &
Well, that's all for now, hope it works out as well for you as it did
for me, best of luck!
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