How To Install xvfb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xvfb on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xvfb

Remove xvfb Configurations and Data

To remove xvfb configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• xserver-common

References

• xvfb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xvfb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.