RE: Q: Setting the environment display variable??
On 07-Nov-2000 Jonathan Gift wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Trying to install Words, I got:
>
> ./setup
> Initializings installation. Please wait...
> Before running this product, you must set
> your environment DISPLAY variable.
>
> Read up in the FAQ and Running Linux and no mention is made of a display
> variable... It has to be a basic shell configuration item. Any help
> appreciated.
>
in the shell where you are trying to run the setup utility (which should
actually be in X):
DISPLAY=':0'
export DISPLAY
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