Mandatory requirements
- GNOME Version - min 2.26 (for LDTPv2)
- GNOME Version - min 2.10 (for LDTPv1)
- Accessibility should be enabled
Install the following development packages
- LDTPv2 requirements
- python-atspi (pyatspi)
- python-twisted-web
- python-gnome
- python-wnck
- LDTPv1 requirements
- at-spi-devel
- gail-devel
- libgail-devel (or libgail-gnome based on your distribution)
- python-devel
- libxml2-devel
Optional Dependency Packages
- LDTPv1 and LDTPv2 optional requirements
Import tool of ImageMagick - To capture a screenshot
Python Imaging Library - Compare images, black out a region in an image
- LDTPv1 optional requirements
pystatgrab - CPU / Memory utilization monitoring library
Linux Test For X - LTFX, To operate on Window / Object which is not accessibility enabled
Setting up LDTP from source
- LDTPv2
check out source from GIT with the following command: 'git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/ldtp/ldtp2.git'
- When prompted for password enter
- change to the source directory with the following command: 'cd ldtp2'
- build with 'python setup.py build' Assuming that all the above mentioned development packages are installed
- setup with 'python setup.py install' as the root user
- LDTPv1
check out source from GIT with the following command: 'git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/ldtp/ldtp.git'
- When prompted for password enter
- change to the source directory with the following command: 'cd ldtp'
- build with './autogen.sh --prefix=/usr; make' Assuming that all the above mentioned development packages are installed
- setup with 'make install' as the root user
Install from latest released binaries
From Download page download either rpm or deb package for your distribution
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