Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:34:20 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Richard Morse <remorse@partners.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use X without installing X? Message-ID: <20050113193419.GD5956@omniresources.com> In-Reply-To: <35F05B14-6596-11D9-8196-000A956EB07E@partners.org> References: <35F05B14-6596-11D9-8196-000A956EB07E@partners.org>
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On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 02:06:20PM -0500, Richard Morse wrote: > Hi! I have a FreeBSD 5 STABLE computer which is acting as a server. > Because it doesn't need it, I don't want to install all of X -- my goal > is that there shouldn't be anything that I can't do over ssh from a > command-line. > > Unfortunately, Oracle doesn't agree with me. > ... snip ... > > What is the minimum that I need to install to make this work? > On my 5.3 servers, I install xorg-libraries so I can run X clients on remote X servers. From a remote host use a command similar to: xserver% ssh -Xf xclient.mydomain.com /path/to/install/directory/OracleInstaller where: xserver = your X workstation xclient = your server w/xorg-libraries installed -- Regards, Doug
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