compiz on RHEL and CentOS

compiz RHEL & CentOS

Here is some basic documentation for compiz-fusion on EL6 that wasn't immediately obvious;

A. To install compiz fusion;
1. install epel-release (rpm -i epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm)
2. yum install compiz-fusion-extras compiz-plugins-main compiz-manager compiz-fusion-extras libcompizconfig compiz-plugins-main-gconf ccsm compiz-gnome compiz-gtk compiz-fusion-extras-gnome fusion-icon

(rpm -i ccsm-0.8.2-5.el6.noarch.rpm compizconfig-python-0.8.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-0.8.2-8.el6.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-extras-0.8.2-6.el6.x86_64.rpm compiz-fusion-extras-gnome-0.8.2-6.el6.x86_64.rpm compiz-manager-0.6.0-11.el6.noarch.rpm fusion-icon-0.1.0-0.9.5e2dc9git.el6.noarch.rpm fusion-icon-qt-0.1.0-0.9.5e2dc9git.el6.noarch.rpm libcompizconfig-0.8.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
[Dependencies may include; libsexy-0.1.11-13.el6.x86_64.rpm protobuf-2.3.0-7.el6.x86_64.rpm PyQt4-4.6.2-8.el6.x86_64.rpm python-sexy-0.1.9-9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm sip-4.9.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm etc])

B. To enable compiz-fusion;
1. System - Preferences - desktop effects - compiz
2. Applications - System Tools - Compiz Fusion Icon

C. To use compiz-fusion;
1. Right click on Blue CompizFusion icon - Settings Manager
2. Make changes
3. Right click on Blue CompizFusion icon - Reload Windows Manager

D. To load compiz-fusion on startup;
1. System - Preferences - Startup Applications - Add
2. enter "fusion-icon" in command box, then press 'Add'

For reference, "ccsm" is the compiz fusion settings manager (System - Preferences - CompizConfig Settings Manager), and "fusion-icon" is the compiz fusion initialiser / system tray icon

NB To install compiz fusion optimised themes (?);
yum install emerald-themes emerald
(emerald-0.8.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm emerald-themes-0.5.2-5.el6.noarch.rpm)