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Simple X Image Viewer
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Error opening X display #452

Closed jaideeprana closed 3 years ago

jaideeprana commented 3 years ago

When I run sxiv sample-image.jpeg I get this error sxiv: Error opening X display.

I am on MacOS Big sur 11.3.1 and install sxiv via Home brew.

Here's more info:

Screenshot 2021-05-22 at 11 40 57 PM
defaultxr commented 3 years ago

sxiv is an X image viewer so you have to have an X server running in order to use it. You'll likely also need your DISPLAY environment variable set to the correct value so that sxiv is able to connect to the X server.