How To Install libx11-guitest-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libx11-guitest-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libx11-guitest-perl is collection of functions for X11 GUI testing/interaction

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx11-guitest-perl on Debian 10.

What is libx11-guitest-perl

libx11-guitest-perl is:

The X11::GUITest module is intended to facilitate the testing of GUI applications by means of user emulation. It can be used to test/interact with GUI applications; which have been built upon the X library or toolkits (i.e., GTK+, Xt, Qt, Motif, etc.) that “wrap” the X library’s functionality.

There are three methods to install libx11-guitest-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libx11-guitest-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libx11-guitest-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libx11-guitest-perl

Install libx11-guitest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libx11-guitest-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libx11-guitest-perl

Install libx11-guitest-perl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libx11-guitest-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libx11-guitest-perl

How To Uninstall libx11-guitest-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libx11-guitest-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libx11-guitest-perl

Uninstall libx11-guitest-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libx11-guitest-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx11-guitest-perl

Remove libx11-guitest-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libx11-guitest-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libx11-guitest-perl

Remove libx11-guitest-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libx11-guitest-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx11-guitest-perl

Dependencies

libx11-guitest-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libx11-guitest-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.