How to Install and Uninstall xautomation Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "xautomation" package

This tutorial shows how to install xautomation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall xautomation on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 xautomation package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: xautomation
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.09-4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 204
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libx11-6, libxi6, libxtst6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xautomation/xautomation_1.09-4_amd64.deb
Size: 39136
MD5sum: ceee7b92227db71f833d608a6562536b
SHA1: 6dbc81df3c049f6ef5d3eef5825682ec0d8e7a0a
SHA256: b955ce4789fe7e0d8da077baee7ba973edb12826f65392d191a6c6ed068c0a88
SHA512: 8f78b46e9b7c3760853939955b027df3b371d04c894f3454da4d09a7311f47854f8afbaaf9c37a99393a6c009247c4416a3f13cd37cf4dd1e44e7071e0f91236
Homepage: https://hoopajoo.net/projects/xautomation.html
Description: Control X from the command line, and find things on the screen
Description-md5: d2bec26e92de3b2cb7a2f956796de20b