How to Install and Uninstall xdotool Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "xdotool" package

This guide let you learn how to install xdotool on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xdotool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xdotool" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xdotool on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xdotool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xdotool package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: xdotool
Version: 1:3.20160805.1-4
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libx11-6, libxdo3 (>= 1:3.20150503.1)
Description: simulate (generate) X11 keyboard/mouse input events
Description-md5: e598dcea54625951b2e5858c18b33f2f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/
Tag: hardware::input, hardware::input:keyboard, hardware::input:mouse,
implemented-in::c, role::program, use::simulating
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xdotool/xdotool_3.20160805.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 54956
MD5sum: 4213d97de050c87e42ac855a69492cee
SHA256: 4e502894c71523bc3e2a293493b8f8557fff5af58d837da507d287695e846fe0