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Fix XQuartz path on old macOS or OS X
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macOS-fix-XQuartz-bin-path.md

Fix XQuartz path on old macOS or OS X

Symptoms

  • Old OS X had X11 binaries under /usr/bin (and XQuartz circa 2016)
  • Modern OS X has /usr/bin protected and unmodifiable
  • XQuartz installs the files under /opt/X11/bin
  • /usr/libexec/path_helper -s puts /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin at the top of the PATH variable

A workaround

  • Put symlinks of files under /opt/X11/bin to /usr/local/bin
  • This will prevent old unusable X11 images in /usr/bin being executed

Configuration script

  • Note: /usr/local/bin must be writable by the executing user
/bin/ls -1 /opt/X11/bin/ | \
awk "{print \"ln -s /opt/X11/bin/\" \$1 \" /usr/local/bin/\" \$1;}" | \
sh

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