On 07-Nov-2000 Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to install Words, I got: > > ./setup > Initializings installation. Please wait... > Before running this product, you must set > your environment DISPLAY variable. > > Read up in the FAQ and Running Linux and no mention is made of a display > variable... It has to be a basic shell configuration item. Any help > appreciated. >
in the shell where you are trying to run the setup utility (which should actually be in X): DISPLAY=':0' export DISPLAY
