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Remote Apps, Local GUI on Windoze (Cygwin+X-Server)

Posted On Friday, May 27th, 2011 By ynot

Long time ago a friend of mine showed me how to run locally the GUI of a remote application with cygwin[1], a couple of years ago a request in my job required a X server on the server which sounded like a bad idea to me, this is a cleaner approach to run those apps that require a display, when you are running a windoze. It’s even easier if you are running Linux as it is very likely you will be running in a top of a X server. Installation: Download the cygwin setup binary from here[2]. Open the Cygwin Setup and select the following packages to install. openssh xorg-server xhost xinit x-start-menu-icons twm Configuration:. You need your local IP, remote IP Open cygwin and run startx this will start your X-Server locally. Run: xhost +<remoteIP> on the shell opened by the X-Server. Connect to the remote server: ssh -X -l<user> <remoteIP>. Export your local display on the remote Server: export DISPLAY=<localIP>:0.0 Run a graphical application that will be displayed on your local X-Server and Enjoy the Graphical Interface of a remote process in your locally For troubleshooting/clarification, read the man pages of ssh, xhost and xserver. [1] http://www.cygwin.com [2] Continue Reading