RHEL – Installing X Windows (required for Oracle Installs)

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This is the quick and easy way to install X windows on your RHEL server

> yum groupinstall “X Window System” “Fonts”

To verify that is works, you ssh to your box using -X and then run “xclock” to verify that X windowing works.

> ssh -X  myaccount@myhost
> echo $DISPLAYl
localhost:11.0
> xclock