How To Install ydotool on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ydotool on Ubuntu.
What is ydotool
ydotool is:
Generic Linux command-line automation tool
ydotool works differently from xdotool. xdotool sends X events directly to X server, while ydotool uses the uinput framework of Linux kernel to emulate an input device.
When ydotool runs and creates an virtual input device, it will take some time for your graphical environment (X11/Wayland) to recognize and enable the virtual input device. (Usually done by udev)
This package contains the command-line utility.
There are three methods to install ydotool on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ydotool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ydotool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ydotool
Install ydotool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ydotool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ydotool
Install ydotool Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ydotool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ydotool
How To Uninstall ydotool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ydotool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ydotool
Uninstall ydotool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ydotool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ydotool
Remove ydotool Configurations and Data
To remove ydotool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ydotool
Remove ydotool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ydotool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ydotool
Dependencies
ydotool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ydotool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.