I access my machine via ssh with the -Y parameter. I have a local X server installed (XQuartz for Mac)The remote server is a barebones command line only box.What is the bare minimum I would need to install on the remote linux box to be able to run a GUI application?As an example of the GUI apps I want to run, I would like to run Oracle SQLDeveloper and Eclipse. Potentially Firefox too.I don't need a desktop, or window manager, or any associated tools, if I can help it.
What is the bare minimum I should install on a headless Red Hat (or CentOS), or Ubuntu, box to be able run GUI programs through X11 via SSH
linux;x11;gui
For your use-case you only need to install xauth (and its dependencies) on the distant machine, and the applications you want to run along with their dependencies. For example, for Eclipse you should only need a non-headless JDK and Eclipse itself.You don't need a desktop environment or even a window manager, you'll end up using their equivalents on your local system (the machine running the X server).