wmctrl not executable while running sikulix script in headless mode

Question

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 lts and sikulix 1.1.0.

while running sikulix script in the ordinary way it's working great, but when i'm trying to use Xvfb just like suggested here, it's says that there is no wmctrl installed. and thats not true, this is the output in shell:

running SikuliX: -Xmx512M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsikuli.FromCommandLine
-jar ./sikulix.jar -r ../sikuliscripts/script.sikuli
[info] runcmd: lsb_release -i -r -s 
[error] RunTimeIDE:  *** terminating: command 'wmctrl' is not executable
please check the Availability!

thanks in advance!

Having exactly same problem with Sikuli 1.1.0 and CentOS 7.X — david.perez, Mar 16 '17 at 12:00
Related problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sikuli/+bug/1506359 — david.perez, Mar 16 '17 at 12:12
Another related one: https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/272434 — david.perez, Mar 16 '17 at 12:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:53

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Try to install it by

sudo apt install wmctrl

happy sikuling!

answered Dec 16 '16 at 15:53

Dee

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '17 at 12:27

It doesn't run because wmctrl expects a window manager. Demostration:

$ wmctrl -m
Cannot get window manager info properties.
(_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK or _WIN_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK)

Solution is simple:

$ yum instal icewm
$ icewm&
$ wmctrl -m
Name: IceWM 1.3.8 (Linux 4.3.0-1.fc24.x86_64/x86_64)
Class: N/A
PID: 15972
Window manager's "showing the desktop" mode: N/A

IceWM is a lightweight window manager.

Credits: thanks Ramandeep Singh for providing me the clue. :-)

Thanks you man.l I try to run electron application inside docker container, icewm fix my issue — Tymur Kubai aka SirDiR, Jul 14 '20 at 11:22

wmctrl not executable while running sikulix script in headless mode

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