On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 12:45:31PM +0100, Floris wrote: > Not recommended, but it will work > as the normal user: > xhost + > su and run synaptic > xhost -
Another alternative is to allow ssh connections as root (which may not be the default, depending on which version of Debian you install), and then: ssh -X root@localhost A third alternative, if your regular user has an ~/.Xauthority file, is: su export XAUTHORITY=/home/youruser/.Xauthority (The export may not even be necessary; it seems XAUTHORITY is automatically exported from the X session under certain conditions that I can't pinpoint. Just don't use "su -" which would clear the environment.)
