[MacPorts] #69672: git 2.44.0: gitk doesn't run, "no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable"

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#69672: git 2.44.0: gitk doesn't run, "no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
variable"
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  Reporter:  gwerbin  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.9.3
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:  git      |
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Old description:

> I get the following error when I run /opt/local/bin/gitk on MacOS 12.7
> (M1 ARM):
>

> {{{
> % /opt/local/bin/gitk
>
> application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no
> $DISPLAY environment variable
> Error in startup script: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
> variable
>     while executing
> "load /opt/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib"
>     ("package ifneeded Tk 8.6.14" script)
>     invoked from within
> "package require Tk"
>     (file "/opt/local/bin/gitk" line 10)
> }}}
>
> Not sure if this is related to https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62988.

New description:

 I get the following error when I run /opt/local/bin/gitk on MacOS 12.7 (M1
 ARM):


 {{{
 % /opt/local/bin/gitk

 application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no
 $DISPLAY environment variable
 Error in startup script: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
 variable
     while executing
 "load /opt/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib"
     ("package ifneeded Tk 8.6.14" script)
     invoked from within
 "package require Tk"
     (file "/opt/local/bin/gitk" line 10)
 }}}

 Not sure if this is related to #62988.

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Comment (by ryandesign):

 > Not sure if this is related to #62988.

 Doesn't look like the same error message.

 What X server do you have installed? What does `echo $DISPLAY` say?

 I'm assuming that you ''have'' an X server installed. If you don't,
 install ours by running `sudo port install xorg-server` and following the
 instructions it prints.

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