How will I enable compiz in linux? I found instructions on how to but i'm stranded.

whenever i type this command:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

it executes but later on shows this error:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Two things.
One, i found these instructions, http://www.pantz.org/software/compiz...untugutsy.html.
Two, does apt-get throw that same error for any package that you try to install?

Thanks,
James Glenn
www.thedonkdonk.net

what version of kubuntu are you running?, 7.10(the newest version) has compiz enabled by default

ubuntu 7.10..

yes
i tried the first command from the site you gave me. it encountered some errors.

Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-core_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libdecoration0_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcroco3_0.6.1-1build2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgsf-1-common_1.14.7-0ubuntu1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgsf-1-114_1.14.7-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/librsvg2-2_2.18.2-1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-plugins_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome-desktop-2_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome-menu2_2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libpanel-applet2-0_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgnome-window-settings1_1%3a2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/metacity-common_1%3a2.20.0-0ubuntu3_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libmetacity0_1%3a2.20.0-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libxres1_2%3a1.0.3-1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libwnck-common_2.20.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libwnck22_2.20.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcompizconfig0_0.5.2+git20070919-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcompizconfig-backend-gconf_0.5.2+git20071010-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-gnome_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-fusion-plugins-main_0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-fusion-plugins-extra_0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig_0.0+git20070912-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compiz-kde_1%3a0.6.0+git20071008-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libemeraldengine0_0.3~git20070717-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/emerald_0.3~git20070717-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-cairo_1.4.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-gobject_2.14.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-numeric_24.2-8_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-gtk2_2.12.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-compizconfig_0.5.2+git20070912-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/compizconfig-settings-manager_0.5.2+git20070912-0ubuntu1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

then compiz-fusion should be running, unless you have too low of system specs or not a good enough video card driver