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Installed Program:
xdotool
Installed Libraries:
libxdo.so
Installed Directories:
None
Introduction to xdotool
The xdotool package provides the capabilities to simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.
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Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/releases/download/v4.20251130.1/xdotool-4.20251130.1.tar.gz
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Download MD5 sum: 3b12dfb29de5138f48fbb0ab5017313e
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Download size: 116 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 1.2 MB
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (add 0.5 SBU for tests)
xdotool Dependencies
Required
Optional
Ruby-3.4.7 (for tests)
Installation of xdotool
First, fix an invalid path in an installed pkg-config file:
sed -i 's#/local##' libxdo.pc
Install xdotool by running the following commands:
make WITHOUT_RPATH_FIX=1
To run the tests, do:
cd t make all-headless cd ..
Now, as the root user:
make PREFIX=/usr INSTALLMAN=/usr/share/man install