Why can't I run Compiz?

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Published on 2011-11-12T00:05:58Z Indexed on 2011/11/12 2:12 UTC
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I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop. The main reason I switched to Ubuntu is because I wanted to use Compiz.

The first thing I did was to go to Additional Drivers and install ATI/AMD Proprietary FGRLX Graphics Driver. There was also another one available, ATI/AMD Proprietary FGRLX Graphics Driver (post-release updates), but I didn't install that one, because it basically meant the same thing to me as the one I already installed.

Next, I went to the ubuntuguide.org Oneiric Wiki

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Oneiric#Compiz_Fusion

So I followed the instructions there and ran this command in terminal:

sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra emerald librsvg2-common

But then, the terminal window said that the package "emerald" could not be found. So, I ran this command instead:

sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 

After that, I installed Fusion Icon by running this command:

sudo apt-get install fusion-icon

I restarted my computer, searched for Compiz Config Settings Manager, and clicked on it. Then, I activated Wobbly Windows. I logged off and logged back on again, but there was no wobbly windows effect.

So I tried clicking on Fusion Icon, but it never started. Can someone please tell me what I did wrong here? Because I see everyone seems to be able to run Compiz except me. I really need to start Compiz, or else I think I'm going to uninstall Ubuntu.

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