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Asked: 2026-05-13T07:46:12+00:00

I am very disappointed with my school linux server when doing the homework on

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I am very disappointed with my school linux server when doing the homework on it.
The reason is: my homework requires to make GUI application.

All the tool that I have is:
– ssh from my local machine to school machine
– gcc/g++ in my school machine

I have been thinking and tried out different solutions for a week.
I still can’t be able to figure out how to bring GUI to my application.

Here is some solutions I tried:
– Install some graphical library (sdl,ncurses…) but school computer does not allow to install because i’m not the root user
– Try to compile with /X11/ to produce X-GUI application. Then running it throgh ssh (tunneling). This does not work either because school computer does not have headers file located in X11.

So, What CAN I DO? Anybody has suggestion?
I will thank you million times if you could help for a solution.

Thanks you much.
tsubasa

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  1. Editorial Team

    It should be possible to install most things, like ncurses or even X11, in user space (in your home directory), if you install them from source. With a Gnu package, you just use –prefix= as an argument to configure, like this:

    ./configure --prefix=/name/of/directory/to/install/into

    I’m not sure about the other packages.

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