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I want to use xvfb to automate the process to create thumbnails images on urls from my site.

It is not clear where I should download a standalone xvfb application. Where do I download the package? How do I build the package?

Are there any other packages to create images of a rendered url on the linux server using php or shell scripting?

I am on Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)

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After some search, I find it's part of the XFree86 implementation of X11. http://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.8.0/binaries/Linux-x86_64-glibc23/

Update: the above link is dead. If you're using a standard linux OS, try search xvfb with system package manager (e.g. apt or yum)

zyxue
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  • Is it no longer part of xorg e. g. modular xorg? I found this on an old slackware x86 build from ~2012 too. – shevy Dec 08 '15 at 16:12
  • @Drakes, if you're using a standard linux OS, try search xvfb with system package manager (e.g. apt or yum) – zyxue Oct 09 '16 at 18:03
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sudo yum install -y xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

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It's available on the Client, Workstation, and Server Optional Channels inside RHN: (Note the URLs here will prompt for your redhat support account)

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/packages/name_overview.pxt?package_name=xorg-x11-server-Xvfb&archIdList=&archLabelList=&search_subscribed_channels=yes

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