selenium-server-standalone on ubuntu

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apt-get update

apt-get install sudo

Fonts and Headless X11 magic is here
sudo apt-get -y install xvfb\
  x11-xkb-utils\
  xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic\
  xserver-xorg-core

sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre # assuming this to be ok…prob so

sudo apt-get install firefox

cd ~
mkdir downloads
cd downloads
wget http://selenium.googlecode.com/files/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar    # from here: http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/

useful interactive tutorial to make sure the selenium server works
http://dionysus.uraganov.net/software/how-to-install-selenium-server-with-firefox-on-ubuntu-11-10/

# init Xvfb
Xvfb -fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ :22 -screen 0 1024x768x16 2>&1 &
export DISPLAY=:22
# open server in interactive mode  …. by default is listening on port 4444 on the container
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar -interactive -singleWindow 
# init session
cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*firefox /usr/bin/firefox&2=http://www.google.com
# perform command
cmd=open&1=http://www.google.com
# Exit interactive mode
quit