How to install Xvfb (X virtual framebuffer) on Redhat 6.5?

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Rahul picture Rahul · Feb 10, 2014 · Viewed 38k times · Source

I have tried to install the Xvfb on red-hat 6.5 using 

yum -y install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

but it is not installed and it is giving msg that

No package xorg-x11-server-Xvfb available.
Error: Nothing to do

Plese help me to install Xvfb on Redhat 6.5 to remove the headless exception in the Applet.

Thanks.

Answer

Lars Rohrbach picture Lars Rohrbach · Apr 28, 2015

The xorg-x11-server-Xvfb package is officially available from RedHat for RHEL 6 and RHEL 7 under the Optional channel (RHEL Workstation Optional, or RHEL Server Optional).

From the comments: To enable the optional repo: subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms and then you can install the package with yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

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