- Install Xming: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
- Set your path variable:
export PATH=$PATH:/c/Users/myself/AppData/Local/Xming/ - [always?]: Run XLaunch and select the display setting you want to use
- Export DISPLAY variable:
export DISPLAY=localhost:0 - ssh with the x11 forwarding enabled:
ssh -XY me@myhost - Try it out:
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Get x11 forwarding setup in windows (I'm using git-bash) (should be similar for cygwin) (do not use putty)
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Thank you. I was trying with localhost:10.0 and it didn't work. localhost:0 did the trick.