Installing packages remotely via bash script in ubuntu

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I am trying to install firefox packages to all my linux hosts remotely using a bash script. But when ever i execute the script i get the following error. How do i enable DISPLAY in bash script? Error: No protocol specified Error: cannot open display: :0.0 No protocol specified Error: cannot open display: :0.0

Originally asked by karthick87 on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

That is very odd: the error seems to be generated by firefox needing to access X functionalities (which is normal), but those export commands should be sufficient to make it work (if you have a running X session on the hosts). The only tips I can give to you is to replace the export line like this (you should only need one): #export DISPLAY=:0.0 export DISPLAY=:0 or try to explicitly set the display on each command: su user1 -c 'DISPLAY=:0 firefox -no-remote -CreateProfile firefox18'

Full answer by Salem: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/279989 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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