View for example:- http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOra... Installing Oracle10g on a Remote Linux Server If you don't install Oracle on your local system but on a remote server, then you need to relink X to your local desktop. The easiest way to do this is to use the "X11 forwarding" feature of ssh. This means that you don't have to run xhost and set the DISPLAY environment variable. Here is an example how to make use of the "X11 forward" feature of ssh. Simply run the following command from your local desktop: $ ssh -X oracle@oracle_remote_server_name Now when you try to run any GUI tool on the remote server, it will automatically be relinked to your local desktop. If this is not working, verify that the ForwardX11 setting is not set to "no" in /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the remote server: