First check: https://wiki.debian.org/Compiz Packages to install: compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-plugins-default compizconfig-backend-gconf compizconfig-settings-manager libboost-serialization1.46.1 libcompizconfig0 libdecoration0 libmetacity-private0 python-compizconfig Idea is simple: search and download each package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=precise&arch=i386&searchon=names&keywords=compiz-core try to install it with sudo dpkg -i <package-name>.deb NOTE : there might be some dependency problems but they can be solved with correct installation order. Except for compiz-gnome , it needs libmetacity-private0 and libwnck22 but these packages are quite new in wheezy so you can ignore them with this command: sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=libmetacity-private0