> F> As a general rule, I do not allow X servers on any server. Even if I
> F> application that I launch from a server, it should run on my display not
> F> on the real server. I have had several consultants not like my re when
> F> they wanted to install and run some management tool on the produ server.
>
> Unfortunately commercial unix products, such as IBM's WebSphere absoluately
> require it. Ok not *absolutely*, to make a "headless"
> install of IBM WebSphere requires "recording" an installation log thingie,
> thats xml, that you hand modify and run through some tool on
> the headless server after much muckery ... a whole lot of muckery, took me
> about 4 days to finish preparing, actually.
>
> Whereas if the target linux machine just had X, I could have just run
> the damn (eclipse & java-based) installer, instead.
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You do not need X to install IBM Websphere. You need some xlibs installed,
but not the actual X Server. You can just redirect X to your local console,
or use the answers.txt method for the silent install.
I've done many a Websphere install on AIX, no X servers allowed on those
machines. If you install the xclock or xterm package on the machine, it'll
get the required packages; of which the X server isn't one of them.
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