<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Jamie,<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 20, 2014, at 4:27 AM, James Griffin <<a href="mailto:jpg88@icloud.com">jpg88@icloud.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I wanted to run some xterms earlier and found I needed to install<br>XQuartz. Then I remembered (possibly incorrectly) that I could use X11<br>built using Macports.<br><br>Would you say using the X11 implementation is better in terms of using<br>and availability of X applications, many of which I will install using<br>Macports? I mean, the applications from Macports, are they able to be<br>used on XQuartz X server, I'm guessing they can be. <br><br>I'm not experienced with X11 on Mac computers really so I apologise if<br>this is a silly question. <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>X11 acts the same on OS X as it does anywhere else. So you can ssh into a Linux box and run X11 applications from there on your Mac.</div><div><br></div><div>You basically have 2 options to install X11 on OS X. </div><div><br></div><div>1. Use Macports. </div><div>Type the following in Terminal:</div><div><span style="font-family: Monaco;">sudo port install xorg-server</span></div><div>Follow this up by logging out and logging back in. </div><div>This is my preferred method because it uses Macports and is thus simple to keep updated. </div><div><br></div><div>2. Install XQuartz from <<a href="http://xquartz.macosforge.org/">http://xquartz.macosforge.org/</a>>. </div><div><br></div><div>But you cannot install both or things may not work. You should only have one X11 server running. If you have both, I suggest to uninstall XQuartz and only go with the Macports xorg-server port. You may need to force uninstall xinit and re-install it, followed by logging out and logging back in. </div><div><br></div><div>After installing X11, my favorite test to to also install the <font face="Monaco">xeyes</font> port and simply type “xeyes” at the command line to test your X11 setup. X11 will automatically startup and a small window with eyes that track the mouse will appear. I often see people make the mistake that they think they need to “launch X11” manually first for X11 to work but that is not true. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Frank</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>