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Re: clarification; was: wtf? (long and frustrated)



On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 09:42:37PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:28:48PM +0100, Nicolas Kratz wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:08:21AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 04:37, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> > > 
> > > > A server does not need X.
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, some do nowadays.  The management "console" for Oracle
> > > databases is a GUI app written in Java.
> > 
> > Install X for the sake of libs, run GUI app through ssh tunnel. No X
> > running on server.
> 
> Just to clarify what Nicolas meant: You don't need to install an
> X server at all, just the client libraries (xlibs and friends).

Hammer. Nail. Head. Thanks for translating my broken tekspeak. ;)

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