X11
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Just the essentials
On 10.6
X11 installs with 10.6 by default. Use that. Be sure to install the Xcode developer tools to ensure that you have the X11 SDK in place.
It is best NOT to install any other X11 stuff in /usr/X11.
On 10.5
- Install the X11 SDK. (This gets installed by default when you install Apple's Xcode.)
then ...
- Install the latest X11.app (Don't install 2.4.0; stick to 2.3.3.2 if you ever plan to update to 10.6). (The X11 on earlier OS X installation DVDs is obsolete). Get a more recent version of X11 from here:
- 10.5 only: DO NOT set the $DISPLAY variable
- Note that it will launch automatically when needed. You don't have to manually launch the X11.app in 10.5.X.
Command-line install
If you need to do X11 updates remotely, copy the X11.pkg file to the appropriate machine, and then issue the command
sudo installer -pkg X11.pkg -target "/"
On 10.4
- Install the X11 SDK. (This gets installed by default when you install Xcode.)
then ...
- Install X11.app from the OS X installation DVD. It is an optional package in 10.4. Run software update to make sure you have the latest version.
- 10.4 only: Set the $DISPLAY variable (for users of Terminal.app or iTerm.app) in 10.4, but do not set DISPLAY in 10.5.
- 10.4 only: Add X11.app to your Login Items if you want it to launch before you need it in 10.4. Do not do this in 10.5; it launches automatically when needed.
