runing x apps exported

[Jeffrey W. Baker]

On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 20:16 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Llu, 2006-10-23 am 14:17 -0400, ysgrifennodd Ashwin Bihari:
> >         Shouldn't 'apt-get install xterm' install whatever is needed
> >         so I can run xterm 
> >         on an exported display?
> 
> How X is packaged is up to your distribution so this is an Unbuntu
> question. Ubuntu is however no different to most other distributions in
> that the stuff ssh requires for remote X is not automatically sucked in
> as it creates all sorts of dependancies that make building small systems
> hard.

And since everybody is coyly avoiding the answer, I'll give it.  You
need to install xauth.

-jwb