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

Question

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 th

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

I was able to download the RPM and then install it locally after reading this article

 wget http://vault.centos.org/6.2/os/x86_64/Packages/xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.10.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
 yum localinstall xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.10.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm