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Setup Selenium Server on Ubuntu 14.04
#!/bin/bash
# Following the guide found at this page
# http://programmingarehard.com/2014/03/17/behat-and-selenium-in-vagrant.html
echo "\r\nUpdating system ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get update
# Create folder to place selenium in
#
echo "\r\nCreating folder to place selenium in ...\r\n"
sudo mkdir ~/selenium
cd ~/selenium
# Get Selenium and install headless Java runtime
#
echo "\r\nInstalling Selenium and headless Java runtime ...\r\n"
sudo wget http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.44/selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y
# Install Firefox
#
echo "\r\nInstalling Firefox ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get install firefox -y
# Install headless GUI for firefox. 'Xvfb is a display server that performs graphical operations in memory'
#
echo "\r\nInstalling XVFB (headless GUI for Firefox) ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get install xvfb -y
# Finally, starting up Selenium server
#
echo "\r\nStarting up Selenium server ...\r\n"
DISPLAY=:1 xvfb-run java -jar ~/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar
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