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Is it possible for me to SSH to another server in Linux (Ubuntu), run a program there but display it locally?

And is it possible for me to SSH to another server in my terminal, and configure it so that all graphical programs (Firefox, Emacs) run in that SSH session will be displayed locally?

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By adding the "-Y" flag to the ssh command, the display will automatically be redirected to your local computer.

ssh -Y <remoteip>

Then, if you start Firefox (or any other X application) in that ssh session, it will be displayed locally. (If you have a xserver running locally of course)

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    I will use -X since this way forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY. But if you trust the remote machine then you can use -Y.
    – fmanco
    Jul 12, 2012 at 11:34
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    Under Unixes like HP UX 11i, -Y is the way to go due to incompatibility issues with -X.
    – Owl
    Oct 8, 2018 at 21:27
  • does this work when the remote machine is Windows? I can get it to display.
    – Mark Deven
    Jan 19, 2019 at 21:19
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You are looking to do remote X. This is a good mini HOWTO.

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    err, not for anything headless that does not have X. htop for example.
    – mckenzm
    Mar 23, 2019 at 23:03
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You can also use compression when using X-forwarding:

ssh $HOSTNAME -CY $PROCESS
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You might also want to try this:

ssh <hostname> -X <program-name or its full path>
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