Calypso is a tool developed by Keith Packard for controlling X11 with a single command. It is designed to help with testing X11, debugging X11 problems, and developing applications that use X11. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Calypso on Linux Mint Latest.
Before you begin, you must have the following prerequisites:
To install Calypso on Linux Mint Latest, you first need to install the following dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install x11-utils
You can download the latest release of Calypso from the official website: https://keithp.com/calypso/. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download and extract Calypso:
wget https://keithp.com/calypso/calypso-latest.tar.bz2
tar xvjf calypso-latest.tar.bz2
Once the Calypso tarball is downloaded and extracted, you can install Calypso by navigating to the Calypso directory and running the following commands:
cd calypso-latest
./configure
make
sudo make install
To test Calypso, open a terminal and run the following command:
calypso -h
This command should display the help message for Calypso, including a list of available options and commands.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Calypso on Linux Mint Latest. You can now use Calypso to debug, test, and develop X11 applications with ease.
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