Making the Launcher and Taskbar Transparent in Ubuntu 16.04

Goal

The goal of this post is to make the launcher and the taskbar of Ubuntu 16.04 to be transparent

Steps

First, you’ll start with everything being opaque.

1. Install Unity Tweak Tool with sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
2. Open Unity Tweak Tool
3. Click on the “Launcher” category
4. Under the “Appearance” section, bring the Transparency Level to 100%
5. This will make the Launcher to be transparent
6. Install CompizConfig Settings Manager with sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
7. Under the “Desktop” section, click on Ubuntu Unity Plugin
8. At this point, the “Background Color” should be black. Click on the color to change its settings
9. Bring the “Opacity” level down to 1 (If you set it to zero, it will reset the colors in the Launcher)
10. Now the Taskbar should also be transparent. Exit by clicking “Back” > “Close”
11. Yay! Done!