How to Install and Uninstall xdotool Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "xdotool" package

This is a short guide on how to install xdotool on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: xdotool
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.20160805.1-4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 122
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libx11-6, libxdo3 (>= 1:3.20150503.1)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xdotool/xdotool_3.20160805.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 41452
MD5sum: 187a87b3ee6de0dd794b408fee0df35f
SHA1: d8b6f7047a7967cf2cc80ae7d6cbe15d49548480
SHA256: 93198ce669e04f9b9d79f5e5e2d0fcd89fe411e7a7ebc948e9f4cbb563f62967
SHA512: 677b41790fc2f9c7775886ffba52aebcd5c5de22be812218afbfd32921cabc2e7ca0ff859e546bc11a7ead0fffe8254f085b8fbb048b636481b8f1d39d392154
Homepage: https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/
Description-en: simulate (generate) X11 keyboard/mouse input events
xdotool lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate keyboard
input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this
using X11's XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.
Description-md5: e598dcea54625951b2e5858c18b33f2f
Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi