You can forward the screen of a Linux desktop application to your own PC (Windows) via SSH connection.
This section describes the setup procedure in the following environment.
- SSH Host : Linux server on the Internet or intranet
* X11Forwarding must be allowed on the server side. - SSH Client : Tera Term (Download : GitHub)
- X Server : VcXsrv Windows X Server (Download : SourceForge)
* Or your favorite X server.
First, install Tera Term and VcXsrv in your PC and set up the Tera Term as follows.
- Click [Setup]-[SSH Forwarding…] on the Tera Term menu bar. Then check [Display remote X applications on local X server] in the [TTSSH: Forwarding Setup] dialog box.
- Click the [Add] button. Next, in the [SSH Port Forwarding] dialog box, select [Forward remote server] and enter 6000 in the right box. Then enter 6000 in the [port] box. Finally, click the [OK] button.
- Close dialog boxes. At this time, the following alert dialog box will pop up. Click the [OK] button.
- Click [Setup]-[Save setup…] on the Tera Term menu bar to save the settings.
Next, click the XLaunch icon on the desktop to launch the application and set up as follows.
- Setting 1
- Setting 2
- Setting 3
- Setting 4
This completes the setup.
Connect Linux server using Tera Term and enter following commands in the console.
Thereafter, Linux desktop application windows will appear on the desktop of your PC.
$ export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 $ xhost +local:user
Below is a screenshot of xeyes.
You can use large applications like Firefox and Mathematica over X11 forwarding. However, it is very slow and not practical.
