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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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool/releases/download/v3.20211022.1/xdotool-3.20211022.1.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 9fd993a251a7c38b32381503544b0dd7
Download size: 116 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.1 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Install xdotool by running the following commands:
make WITHOUT_RPATH_FIX=1
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root
user:
make PREFIX=/usr INSTALLMAN=/usr/share/man install