xdotool command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

xdotool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xdotool: command not found

Solutions to xdotool: command not found

How To Fix xdotool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xdotool is provided by xdotool package.

xdotool is:

xdotool lets you programmatically (or manually) simulate keyboard input and mouse activity, move and resize windows, etc. It does this using X11’s XTEST extension and other Xlib functions.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install xdotool

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install xdotool.

sudo apt -y install xdotool

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install xdotool

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xdotool command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.