X11 Forwarding in MacOS High Sierra

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I am using ROOT version 6.14/04 from a binary downloaded from the ROOT web site.
I am running ROOT on an iMac 12,2 using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
I am using the Xcode compilers.
I have edited the ssd_config file to forward X11 and include the correct location for xauth.
ROOT works perfectly locally on this machine with X11.

When I attach to this machine remotely using
ssh -Y node
I get no error messages and I can use xclock and other X11 apps remotely as one would expect.
However, when I type root, the X11 window opens on the iMac rather than on the machine from which I am connecting.

Can anyone advise me on the solution to this problem?

Thanks.

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Perhaps your ROOT uses Cocoa instead of X11 (XQuartz?).

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Wile,
I didn’t think so until I just typed root, and XQuartz did not start up.
@Axel Is the binary on the ROOT download site for MacOS High Sierra (10.13) compiled for Cocoa?
Thanks.
R. Runner

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Yes, ROOT is built for Cocoa since many years, given that X is not supported natively on MacOS. You could build it yourself, or use remote desktop. We use the latter quite happily.

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Well, that explains my problem.
Now the problem is trying to build a version that uses X11…

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Just to finish this thread, I was able to compile ROOT 6.18 with X11 using MacPorts and I am now able to use ROOT remotely. Thanks to everyone on the Forum for the useful information and MacPorts for providing an excellent tool to compile ROOT.

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