Mountain Lion X11

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Feb 9, 2013, at 19:58, Scott Webster wrote:

> I think I've just come to the realization that the reason "nothing works" is that I no longer have X11 installed after the mountain lion upgrade.
> 
> I'm somewhat surprised that there was no dependency on any X11 package when I reinstalled all my ports, but I guess the assumption is that you might be using an X11 installed outside of macports (which seems perhaps counter to the usual philosophy).
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> Is there a "recommended" solution?  There are various x11 ports in macports.... or should I just install the xquartz dmg from their website?
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> Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked a million times, and there is a bunch of talk about it on the web etc, but I guess I'm trying to make sure I do it the "usual" way.  We should probably also update the macports installation webpage, which says that X11 is included unconditionally in Lion, but makes no mention of Mountain Lion.

Apple no longer includes an X11 server as of Mountain Lion. That was their decision.

I recommend installing the xorg-server port. This will give you /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app.

If you prefer, you can install XQuartz. It's exactly the same software as the xorg-server port, but MacPorts won't manage its updates. Personally I prefer to have MacPorts managing as many updates as it can.