Question

I want to facilate my client to run java program through UNIX command prompt using some shells. It’ll look more effecient if they would be able to give input through some GUI. So it can be tested immedietely. I dont want prefer unix commands fro input.

Can somebody tell me how to run Java swing or applet programs in UNIX?

Answer 1

As Thompson mentioned, looking at Java Web Start could be a good idea.

Otherwise, if what you want is to execute, using a *NIX-like terminal, an application located on a remote host and have it rendered on your local display, then you need to do a few things:

• you need a working X server on the local machine
• you need to export the DISPLAY to the local machine (you can do this by setting up the DISPLAY environment variable on the remote system)
• then you need to start your Java app from the command-line.

Hope this helps.

Here’s an example of how to export your display over SSH.