Compiz & Emerald is not compatible with Gnome 3 or Cinnamon.
For those who like using Emerald with Compiz, here is a guide on how to install Emerald.
1st we need the libraries
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apt install intltool build-essential libxrender-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev libdecoration0-dev
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cd ~
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git clone git://anongit.compiz.org/fusion/decorators/emerald
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cd emerald
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git checkout -b compiz++ origin/compiz++
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./autogen.sh
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make
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sudo make install
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emerald --replace
we’d get the following error.
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emerald: error while loading shared libraries: libemeraldengine.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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sudo echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/emerald.conf
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su
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echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/emerald.conf
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sudo ldconfig
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emerald --replace