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Making X work inside docker
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X11-in-docker.md

Making X11 apps work inside docker

TL;DR

xhost +local:docker
docker run -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix/:/tmp/.X11-unix ...

Details

Every now and then I want to run X apps inside docker, and then I always hit some issues.

Here are all the options that might need to be set:

  • Allow docker to connect to X

xhost +local:docker

  • DISPLAY

pass into Docker with -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY

  • X socket

share with Docker with -v /tmp/.X11-unix/:/tmp/.X11-unix

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