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How do I uninstall CompizConfig Settings Manager?

Asked by Perzan

 Whenever I try to uninstall it from the Ubuntu Software Center, nothing happens.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for the commands (to be executed in a terminal window):

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
dpkg -l | grep compiz

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Perzan (perzan) said : 		#2

Command: uname -a
Lines: 1
```
Linux redactedpcname 5.4.0-48-generic #52~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 10 12:50:22 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
```

Command: lsb_release -crid
Lines: 4
```
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
```

Command: dpkg -l | grep compiz
Lines: 6
```
ii compiz-core 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 amd64 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 amd64 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator
ii compiz-plugins-default:amd64 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 amd64 OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 all Compiz configuration settings manager
ii libcompizconfig0:amd64 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 amd64 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositing Project
ii python-compizconfig:amd64 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 amd64 Compizconfig bindings for Python
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Perzan (perzan) said : 		#3

Update: I got it fixed but uninstalling it via commands, here is the ticket: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1899403

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Yes, a command like "sudo apt purge compizconfig-settings-manager " would also been my suggestion.