For those of you experiencing the issue again after the last compiz update, pinning Oli's PPA as explained in #48 works, simpler instructions are below:
Open a terminal, copy and paste: sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences.d/compiz-place-patch.pref
In the gedit window, paste:
Package: compiz-plugins Pin: origin ppa.launchpad.net Pin-Priority: 600
Package: compiz-plugins-default Pin: origin ppa.launchpad.net Pin-Priority: 600
Save the file, close gedit.
Paste in the terminal: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade compiz --replace &
For those of you experiencing the issue again after the last compiz update, pinning Oli's PPA as explained in #48 works, simpler instructions are below:
Open a terminal, copy and paste: preferences. d/compiz- place-patch. pref
sudo gedit /etc/apt/
In the gedit window, paste:
Package: compiz-plugins
Pin: origin ppa.launchpad.net
Pin-Priority: 600
Package: compiz- plugins- default
Pin: origin ppa.launchpad.net
Pin-Priority: 600
Save the file, close gedit.
Paste in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
compiz --replace &