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Patrick Dockhorn wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am trying to get JDK, i.e. servlets up and running on my linux machine.
> From what I understand, this requires X11, as the AWT package that comes with the
>JDK obviously requires this
> library.
>
> Is there a way to install the JDK without the requirement of having the X11 libs,
>i.e. to install it without AWT
> support?
>
> Your help is highly appreciated,
>
> Patrick
> Patrick Dockhorn
Hi-
I hear that if you run servlets that make AWT calls (e.g., transfer
images) you still require X. However, you can run a dummy X server,
such as Xvfb:
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XVFB(1) XVFB(1)
NAME
Xvfb - virtual framebuffer X server for X Version 11
SYNOPSIS
Xvfb [ option ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no dis-
play hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates
a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory.
...
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There's one other such, but I can't offhand recall its name.
HTH. Bob L.
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