cutsel

Keep the X clipboard and the cutbuffer in sync

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/cutsel.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install autocutsel
Ubuntu
apt-get install autocutsel
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S autocutsel
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install autocutsel
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install autocutsel
Raspbian
apt-get install autocutsel
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/cutsel

autocutsel

Keep the X clipboard and the cutbuffer in sync

This tracks changes in the server's cutbuffer and clipboard selection. when the clipboard is changed, it updates the cutbuffer. When the cutbuffer is changed, it owns the clipboard selection. The cutbuffer and clipboard selection are always synchronized. In the case of a VNC client since it synchronizes the Windows' clipboard and the server's cutbuffer, all three "clipboards" are always kept synchronized. When you copy some text in Windows, the cutbuffer and the clipboard selection are updated. When you copy text on the server using either the cutbuffer or the clipboard selection, the Windows's clipboard is always updated.