Installing AutoKey for Wayland

AutoKey for Wayland can be installed on both X11 and Wayland systems. On Wayland systems, it only works with the GNOME or KDE desktops.

Installation packages are available for Fedora systems and for Debian/Ubuntu systems. See the links below for instructions on how to install AutoKey for Wayland on your system using an installation package.

AutoKey for Wayland can also be installed by cloning the source from the GitHub repository and doing a manual installation. This is useful if you use a Linux distribution for which there is no installation package, or if you are a developer looking to work with the code yourself.

Basic testing of these installation instructions has been performed on Debian 13.3, Kubuntu 24.10, Kubuntu 25.10, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Fedora 41/42/43.

• Installing AutoKey For Wayland on Fedora
• Installing AutoKey for Wayland on Debian/Ubuntu
• Manually Installing AutoKey for Wayland from GitHub
  • 1) Clone the AutoKey for Wayland repository locally
  • 2) Install system prerequisites
  • 3) Configure your system to run AutoKey
  • 4) Install the AutoKey icons
  • 5) Install AutoKey in a Python virtual environment
  • 6) Run AutoKey from the virtual environment
  • 7) Exiting the virtual environment when you are finished with AutoKey
  • 8) Running AutoKey again
  • Cleaning up after ourselves