How to Install and Uninstall xdotool Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the xdotool on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xdotool" package

This tutorial shows how to install xdotool on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall xdotool on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xdotool package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xdotool
Version: 1:3.20160805.1-5
Installed-Size: 126
Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), 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_3.20160805.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 55644
MD5sum: d866b1ea228f8362b5471e2c41177a70
SHA256: baf0f340e8272e9313848f820ec962aaf843f17ee5737fe256c970f8f5f152b5