How To Install xvfb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvfb on Debian 10.
What is xvfb
xvfb is:
Xvfb provides an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory. The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing, but other novel uses for it have been found, including testing clients against unusual depths and screen configurations, doing batch processing with Xvfb as a background rendering engine, load testing, as an aid to porting the X server to a new platform, and providing an unobtrusive way to run applications that don’t really need an X server but insist on having one anyway.
This package also contains a convenience script called xvfb-run which simplifies the automated execution of X clients in a virtual server environment. This convenience script requires the use of the xauth program.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org
This package is built from the X.org xserver module.
There are three methods to install xvfb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xvfb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xvfb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xvfb
Install xvfb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xvfb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xvfb
Install xvfb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xvfb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xvfb
How To Uninstall xvfb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xvfb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xvfb
Uninstall xvfb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xvfb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xvfb
Remove xvfb Configurations and Data
To remove xvfb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xvfb
Remove xvfb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xvfb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xvfb
Dependencies
xvfb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xvfb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.