00-xwindow.md

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Installing X-Windows

To open images from Cirrus or to use ncview, your computer needs an X-Window system. If you're using a Linux distribution, you most likely already have X-Window running. If you're using MacOS, you can use XQuartz. If you're using Windows with WSL or mobaXterm, you'll need XMing.

To test if the X server is working correctly, after logging in to cirrus with the -X option (more on how to connect to cirrus later), you can use the following commands:

module load ImageMagick
display

A window with ImageMagick's wizard should pop up, like this:

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