How to Install Claper on MXLinux Latest

Claper is a utility to capture and replay the keyboard and mouse events. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Claper on your MXLinux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites on your system:

Step 1: Download and Install Claper

  1. Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.

  2. Add the Claper package repository using the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:daniel.pavel/claper
  1. Update the package list using the following command:
sudo apt-get update
  1. Install Claper using the following command:
sudo apt-get install claper

Step 2: Using Claper

Claper can be launched by running the following command in your terminal:

claper

After launching Claper, you can start recording your keyboard and mouse events by pressing Ctrl + Shift + R. To stop recording, press Ctrl + Shift + S. The recorded events will be saved in a file named claper.rec in your home directory.

To replay the recorded events, run the following command:

claper -p

This will replay the events that were recorded in the claper.rec file. You can also specify a different file to replay by providing the file path as an argument.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Claper on your MXLinux distribution. Now, you can easily capture and replay keyboard and mouse events using Claper.

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