Re: xclip - how to use without a graphics display for testing on Github workflows

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Subject: Re: xclip - how to use without a graphics display for testing on Github workflows
From: Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 19:46:32 -0400
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On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 06:36:56PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> Is there any "xclip" option to allow for testing without a graphics devivce
> without throwing an error? Or any suggestion for a work around?

Look at the xvfb package.  It gives an X server that exists entirely in
memory, not needing a physical graphics chipset to run against.  You
can set DISPLAY to point to the xvfb server, and run X client programs
in that environment.

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