cant find compiz.

[misswham]

i downloaded compiz and i cant find it. Any ideas?

[sheepgazer]

Try this in a terminal session.

Menu > Terminal

Locate

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whereis compiz

Output
compiz: /usr/bin/compiz /usr/lib/compiz /usr/bin/X11/compiz /usr/share/compiz /usr/share/man/man1/compiz.1.gz


Launch?

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compiz &

[viking777]

If you are looking for some gui to interact with compiz you need to install compizconfig-settings-manager.

[homerscousin]

This might be a little simple, but Compiz is not compatible with every desktop out there. Post some more details on what you have installed.

[misswham]

I have a sony vaio all in one with an nvidia GE FORCE GT240 graphics card. I have never been able to use compiz or cairo dock since helena 8. When I try to use compiz or dock, when I restart, I always have gotten a black screen or my desktop goes crazy and I have to reinstall the distro. I liked linux because I could tweak the OS. I have tried in mint 12 (all distros) 13 all distros now 14 and Im getting the same results. I have done this on 3 different pcs and I went and bought this pc last wk thinking that it would be fine and yet the same thing. So I left compiz alone and went 2 cairo dock. Got it working fine and as soon as I restarted the computer, I got the default screen with no panels and all of my files were gone and this was just with cairo dock. I have reinstalled mint14.1 3 times in one day trying to do this.

Should I go back to Ubuntu to be able to use cairo and compiz again? Everything worked fine in helena mint 8 but after that nothing.

[abnvolk]

If you're using Cinnamon, DON'T install Compiz. In MATE and Xfce you can.
And don't go back to Helena, you'll get very outdated softwares.

[misswham]

Im using mate 14.1 and thats whats happening.

[abnvolk]

I don't know why it doesn't work for you. On Maya MATE I installed Compiz as guided in this tutorial http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/919 and it worked perfectly.