

to get the latest version, or download X11 from Apple (41.7 MB), or Xquartz.
Xquartz m1 install#
Have you tried running XQuartz on M1 Mac devices? How did it go? Tell us more about your experience in the comments below. Install X11.app and the additional X11 SDK from the OS X installation media. The devs are currently working on compiling the XQuartz v2.8 release version. M1 Mac owners should soon be able to run XQuartz smoothly on their machines. As you can see, XQuartz is not dead after all. The tool is currently in the pre-release stage but we expect the devs to roll out a stable version pretty soon. XQuartz v2.8.0 Beta adds support for macOS 10.9 and later. XQuartz enthusiasts have been working really hard to bring the tool to date and make it fully compatible with Apple’s latest macOS version and M1 system architecture. Check the results.Īnd there is an even better piece of news that we want to share with you. More specifically, you need to comment out the line export DISPLAY=:0. Wait until X11.app (Apple Silicon) has installed under / Application/MacPorts.

Additionally, if you want to run the X11 server on a M1 Mac, run the sudo port install xorg-server command.Run the command sudo port install xorg (to run the X.org client).For more details, check out the X.org page on MacPorts. You’re going to install X.org via MacPorts.

