xinit
brew install xinit
v1.4.4
MIT AND APSL-2.0
Start the X Window System server
23
30-day installs · #6381
82
90-day · #6018
433
365-day · #5444
Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit
- Brew formula source: Formula/x/xinit.rb
Caveats
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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