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enter image description here I installed compiz-plugins-extra, expecting to enable animation effects like explode and window blur. But the extra plug-ins aren't shown in CompizConfig Settings Manager. Is there any way to get them?

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  • @Naveen - you have entered "animations add-on" into the filter - do you see the plugin by just entering "animation" ? – fossfreedom May 04 '13 at 19:23
  • @fossfreedom The same issue occurs here (also a clean 13.04 install). Only standard "Animations" are showing up if I search for Animations – desgua May 05 '13 at 01:50
  • Ah, I thought Animations wasn't showing up. I think some effects were removed from Compiz last year, though I can't find anything about explode... – Fern Moss May 05 '13 at 02:23
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    I think this is a bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/1069112) - please can you confirm - looks like the devs have temporarily disabled the package since the plugins no longer compile. – fossfreedom May 05 '13 at 10:31
  • @fossfreedom : It was there in Precise, but no longer exists in Raring. I marked that bug as it affects me... So the fix is coming in Compiz 9.10 right? Will it land on Raring? What shall I do to this bounty? I'm totally screwed up! hlp! x( – Naveen May 05 '13 at 14:11
  • Is it OK to try Compiz 9.10 from here? : https://launchpad.net/~smspillaz/+archive/compiz-experimental – Naveen May 05 '13 at 14:19
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    That similarly has a "dummy package" - so no, its not yet fixed. I'll refund your bounty and close this since its a confirmed bug. – fossfreedom May 05 '13 at 15:26

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compiz-plugin-extras is a transitional dummy package. It does not contain the plugin(s) that you're looking for. It's more or less an empty package, only there to ensure a clean upgrade.

You will need to install the compiz-plugins package. (Ubuntu 13.04 does not install this package - it only installs the compiz-plugin-defaults package.)

After installing the compiz-plugins package, use CompizConfig Settings Manager to enable/disable and/or to change the default configuration of the extra plugin(s) that came with the package.

Logout, login to make Compiz use the new plugin(s) and changed settings.