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Joe
Joe

Reputation: 1772

ssh - execute a gtk python app over remote ssh?

I'm writing a gtk python app that I'm testing on an ubuntu laptop, however I'm writing the script on my win7 desktop (sftp to update the script the laptop).

If I try to execute the script via SSH such as:

python /path/to/app.py

It gives me errors since obviously gtk won't render a window in putty such as:

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display

My question is, is there a way to execute the script via remote ssh that will open fine on the laptop? Its kind of a pain to have to save the script, then lean over and execute the script on the laptop.

Does anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 991

Answers (1)

mguijarr
mguijarr

Reputation: 7930

Install a X server on your Windows 7: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

Then, don't forget to do ssh -X when you start the remote script.

Upvotes: 1

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