Is it possible to install Compton (xcompmgr fork) on Siduction??? It's creating a lot a buzz, specially with the Crunchbang community...
Maybe have a look at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linux.debian.devel.mentors/LcJeBkh-OL8
Not sure it would work though, I don't have the time to test as of now
I've tested Compton in Semplice (which is also based on Sid) and it works quite well on Openbox. The effects with Compton are similar to KDE's which is a nice touch
Any suggestions on how to install it? The package just arrived to the debian-mentors repo.
A simple tutorial would be nice...
There is a *german* tutorial. As I did neither compile it myself nor use it I won't translate it, but mayby the commands are sufficent:
http://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=929109&sid=d4566f19b4933015834b28e06c57d310#p929109
There is a link to the respective binary. The author is using a wheezy/experimental mix (15.04.2013) which in my understanding shouldn't be too different from sid:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-7472006/compton_0.0.1-git-b3652f6-2013-03-03-1_i386.deb.html
apt-cache policy compton-git
compton-git:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 20121102-2
Version table:
20121102-2 0
200 http://packages.crunchbang.org/waldorf/ waldorf/main amd64 Packages
I run compton from git. I just git clone'd the repo, read the readme, got the listed -dev packages, and installed to /usr/local.
Quote from: "seasons"I run compton from git. I just git clone'd the repo, read the readme, got the listed -dev packages, and installed to /usr/local.
Thankful! Special attention to installing ALL the dependencies and voila!!!
Just an update--- Compton is now in the Debian Sid repos!!!
I installed it on my LXDE netbook. I followed the Arch wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton) to make a compton.conf file and put it in ~/.config/compton.conf. I put the recommended startup script in ~/.local/share/autostart. I must say lxterminal looks much nicer with transparency. Beyond that, I haven't played much, but it seems to be working as expected. Thanks tuxic!