Released: 2008-04-14
- If this is your first time installing XQuartz, you may wish to logout and log back in to update your DISPLAY environment variable. Changes in 2.7.7 All changes in 2.7.6 plus.
- The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.Org X Window System that runs on OS X. Together with supporting libraries and applications, it forms the X11.app that Apple shipped with OS X versions 10.5 through 10.7.
Installation
DownloadXQuartz-2.2.0.1.pkg,and open it in macOS’s Installer.
Providing support for X11 on OS X. XQuartz has 6 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
Important Notices
OS Requirements
macOS 10.5 or later is required to installthis package.
Default X11 Server
If this is your first time installing XQuartz, you may wish to logout and logback in to update your DISPLAY environment variable.
Changes in 2.2.0.1
- All changes in 2.2.0 plus:
- Updated /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d/10-tmpdirs to address a potential security risk (privilege escalation):
- A user could create a symbolic link from /tmp/.X11-unix to /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d and execute privileged_startx to give himself write permission to /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d
- Updated /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d/10-tmpdirs to address a potential security risk (privilege escalation):
Changes in 2.2.0
- All changes in 2.1.4 plus:
- All packages updated to versions intended to ship as part of X11R7.4 (as of 2008.03.14):
- app:
- luit 1.0.3
- Also added Martin’s secure tty patch
- xinit 1.0.8-git-2008.04.13
- Moved font caching logic to startx rather than xinitrc
- Added support for xinitrc.d directory, so fink, macports, et al won’t clobber our xinitrc
- Moved some stuff out of xinitrc into the xinitrc.d directory
- Fixed startup to work correctly even with broken .bashrc and .profile (‘set
' bug) - Fixed “post-crash titlebar missing” bug
- Fixed /tmp/.X11-unix permission
- Now cache system font directories at X11.app startup rather than system startup
- Renamed startx LaunchAgent org.x.startx from org.x.X11
- System xinitrc now works for users with spaces in $HOME
- luit 1.0.3
- font:
- lib:
- libpng 1.2.26
- Includes fix for [CVE:CVE-2008-1382]
- libpng 1.2.26
- proto:
- util:
- quartz-wm:
- Restores minimized windows when the server crashes
- Added preference to control moving X11.app into the foreground when a new X11 window is created
- Added preference to toggle shading of windows
- server:
- xorg-server-1.3.0-apple15
- Added informational output when falling through to failsafe startup in X11.app
- Unsetenv(DISPLAY) when falling through to failsafe startup in X11.app
- Fixed “confirm on exit”
- Exposé now works as expected
- Disabled rlAccel (suspected of causing some crashes, might not be fixed since plans are to support COMPOSITE)
- X11 works better with spaces
- xorg-server-1.3.0-apple15
Embird - software for computerized embroidery, cross-stitch and quilting
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This tutorial explains how to install XQuartz application on Apple Mac. This application is required by Wine application which allows to run Embird (native Windows application) on Apple Mac computer.
Note: Please note, that applications XQuartz and Wine for Apple Mac are not developed nor supported by Embird team. Also, because Embird is natively Windows application, it is not quaranteed that all portions of program run smoothly in Wine on Apple Mac.
1 - Download XQuartz 2.7.7 (exactly this version) from https://www.xquartz.org/releases/XQuartz-2.7.7.html (Picture No. 1).
1. Download XQuartz 2.7.7
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2 - Select 'Downloads > XQuartz-2.7.7.dmg' (Picture No. 2).
2. Select 'Downloads > XQuartz-2.7.7.dmg'
3 - Wait for a while (Picture No. 3).
3. Wait for a while
4 - Double-click XQuartz.pkg to start installation of XQuartz (Picture No. 4).
4. Double-click XQuartz.pkg
5 - Read Introduction, then select 'Continue' button (Picture No. 5).
Xquartz For Mac Download
5. Read 'Introduction', then select 'Continue' button
6 - Read Important Information, then select 'Continue' button (Picture No. 6).
6. Read 'Important Information', then select 'Continue' button
7 - Read Software License Agreement, then select 'Continue' button (Picture No. 7).
7. Read 'Software License Agreement', then select 'Continue' button
8 - Select 'Agree' if you agree with license agreement (Picture No. 8).
8. Select 'Agree' to continue
9 - Select 'Install' button to start intallation (Picture No. 9).
9. Select 'Install' button
10 - Enter your password to 'Installer' to continue with installation (Picture No. 10).
10. Enter your password to 'Installer'
11 - Wait until installation of XQuartz application is finished (Picture No. 11).
11. Wait until installation is finished
12 - Select 'Close' button to close installation dialog box (Picture No. 12).
12. Select 'Close' button