Xserver Setup

MAC OSX

OSX 10.5 through OS X 10.7

• XServer is already built into OSX

OSX 10.8 and newer

• Download XQuartz http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
• Install XQuartz and be sure to restart the computer after the installation is done.

Connecting

• Open a terminal client and type in

ssh -X [yournetid]@[destination.server].edu

• • The -X after "ssh" tells the computer to connect using xserver
  • yournetid - is your university netid
  • destination.server.edu - the server you would like to connect too (example: biocluster.igb.illinois.edu)

Windows with MobaXterm

• MobaXTerm includes an xserver. This is the easiest method on a windows computer
• Download and install MobaXterm at https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
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Testing

• A good test is to run the program "xterm". Most hosts will have this installed. It will open up a graphical terminal box.

[username@hostname ~]$ xterm