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xinit

brew install xinit v1.4.4 MIT AND APSL-2.0

Start the X Window System server

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30-day installs · #6381
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90-day · #6018
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To start privileged xinit now and restart at login:
  sudo brew services start xinit --file=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/xinit/homebrew.mxcl.privileged_startx.plist
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