Unable to install Compiz on linux

Question

I am following the installation guide given in https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?18570-how-to-install-compiz-on-Kali-1-0-4-No-sid-repo!..while I am trying to get through,I stuck at step 11.I am getting this error

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
Building data structures... Done 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 86, in <module>
    if not debi.open(args[0]):
  File "/usr/share/gdebi/GDebi/GDebiCli.py", line 88, in open
    if not self._deb.check():
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 522, in check
    if not self._satisfy_depends(self.depends):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 552, in _satisfy_depends
    if not self._is_or_group_satisfied(or_group):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 152, in _is_or_group_satisfied
    depname = self._maybe_append_multiarch_suffix(depname)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 125, in _maybe_append_multiarch_suffix
    cand = self._cache[multiarch_pkgname].candidate._cand
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '_cand'

Please give me a solution so that I can get through....

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

Try adding 32-bit arch as following:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt -get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and run your command once again:

gdebi /root/rep/compiz-gtk_0.8.4-4_i386.deb

EDIT: or you can do it manually like from this link.

Find the dependencies

$ dpkg-deb -I compiz-gtk_0.8.4-4_i386.deb | grep Depends
 Depends: compiz-core (= 0.8.4-4), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.29.3), libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libdecoration0 (>= 0.8.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.27.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0), libmetacity-private0 (>= 1:2.26.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libwnck22 (>= 2.22.0), libx11-6 (>= 0), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxrender1, gconf2 (>= 2.28.1-2)

Install them

sudo apt-get install compiz-core:i386  libatk1.0-0:i386  libc6:i386  libcairo2:i386  libdbus-1-3:i386  libdbus-glib-1-2:i386  libdecoration0:i386  libfontconfig1:i386  libfreetype6:i386  libgconf2-4:i386  libglib2.0-0:i386  libgtk2.0-0:i386  libmetacity-private0:i386  libpango1.0-0:i386  libwnck22:i386  libx11-6:i386  libxcursor1:i386  libxrender1:i386  gconf2:i386

Now install package:

 sudo dpkg -i compiz-gtk_0.8.4-4_i386.deb

Unable to install Compiz on linux

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