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OCI: How to Setup X for X11 Forwarding in Oracle Linux 8

in Linux

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 

Oracle Linux 8 (any version)

 

GOAL:

How to install basic X libraries and clients to allow X11 Forwarding via SSH in Oracle Linux 8

 

SOLUTION:

The legacy X11 clients such as xclock/xeyes etc, are no longer included with Oracle Linux 8 standard repositories.

 

They can however be obtained from a development repository although not recommended for production usage.

 

To install the packages and perform the setup, follow the below steps:


1) Enable the CodeReady-builder repository

 

# dnf config-manager --enable ol8_codeready_builder

2) Install the needed packages. This will pull also multiple required dependencies:

 # dnf install xorg-x11-apps xorg-x11-xauth
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