How to Install and Uninstall xautomation Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "xautomation" package

Learn how to install xautomation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xautomation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xautomation
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xautomation package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xautomation
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 208
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.09-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libx11-6, libxi6, libxtst6
Filename: pool/universe/x/xautomation/xautomation_1.09-1_amd64.deb
Size: 36848
MD5sum: 7dc829bbf188dcdf3522310c790cbb08
SHA1: b9e772ac125c224a8954e59333005c7c3b8d61da
SHA256: facf86437cd514acca148d5acaa609911696f05fde331ceae1dd9b035b369154
Description-en: Control X from the command line, and find things on the screen
Control X from the command line for scripts, and do "visual scraping" to
find things on the screen. The control interface allows mouse movement,
clicking, button up/down, key up/down, etc, using the XTest extension.
The visgrep program find images inside of images and reports the
coordinates, allowing programs to find buttons, etc, on the screen to click
on.
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If you just want to control X, you may find xdotool easier to use.
Description-md5: d2bec26e92de3b2cb7a2f956796de20b
Homepage: http://hoopajoo.net/projects/xautomation.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu