It is common for users of the Ubuntu Linux systems to want to run graphical applications (such as matlab, mathematica, eclipse, etc) on these Linux servers and display them on their local computers. This document details the steps required to do this for Mac
Mac OS X
- Install XQuartz on your Mac, which is the official X server software for Mac
- Run Applications > Utilities > XQuartz.app
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Right click on the XQuartz icon in the dock and select Applications > Terminal. This should bring up a new xterm terminal windows.
- In this xterm windows, ssh into the linux system of your choice using the -X argument (secure X11 forwarding). For example, to log into hulk.soic.indiana.edu you would run something like:
ssh -Y username@my.linux.host - Once you are logged into the linux system, you can just run the GUI program of your choice (ie. matlab, mathematics, etc) and it will display on your Mac.
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