Missing font is causing Confluence .bin installer to fail

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      Summary

      Confluence .bin installer failed with the following output:

      [root@user ~]# ./atlassian-confluence-6.4.1-x64.bin -c
      Unpacking JRE ...
      Starting Installer ...
      Feb 31, 2000 25:61:62 AM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$2 run
      INFORMATION: Created system preferences directory in java.home.
      Could not display the GUI. This application needs access to an X Server.
      *******************************************************************
      You can also run this application in console mode without
      access to an X server by passing the argument -c
      *******************************************************************
      

      Environment

      This issue was discovered so far on CentOS Linux release 7.4 (64bit) and RHEL 7.4 (64bit)

      Workaround

      Install the dejavu-sans-fonts fonts

      yum install dejavu-sans-fonts
      apt-get install fonts-cantarell

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            Reporter:
            Jonathan Soo
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