How To Install xautomation on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xautomation on Kali Linux. xautomation is Control X from the command line, and find things on the screen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xautomation on Kali Linux.

What is xautomation

xautomation is:

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.

If you just want to control X, you may find xdotool easier to use.

There are three methods to install xautomation on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xautomation Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xautomation

Install xautomation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xautomation using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xautomation

Install xautomation Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install xautomation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xautomation

How To Uninstall xautomation on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xautomation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xautomation

Uninstall xautomation And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xautomation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xautomation

Remove xautomation Configurations and Data

To remove xautomation configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xautomation

Remove xautomation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xautomation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xautomation

Dependencies

xautomation have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xautomation package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.