[R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

[Erik Iverson]

vaneet wrote:
> So just so I understand properly,  if there are multiple users connecting to
> this remote linux machine in which I installed R and lets just say they all
> have Windows machines.  To view plots they would all need to have an SSH
> client and an X server installed on their local machine to do this?  

Yes, with X11-forwarding enabled when the SSH connection is established. 
  Usually this would not be the default.


> You said that X11 is the default graphic device on Linux, isn't there some way
> of using X11 in R to show the plot while logged in to the remote linux
> machine?

Yes, by running an X11 server on the Windows machine, as others have 
suggested.

In some situations, I have just left open a GUI SFTP client to some 
directory where my R plots get generated.  After my script is done, I 
then simply double-click the graphics file to open it.

Perhaps there is some image or PDF viewer out there that can load a 
remote file, and then 'watch' it so that when it changes, it reloads 
automatically.   I suppose that's another option.  I know programs exist 
that can do this when the file is local.

Perhaps Dropbox could be used as a solution.

Running the X server is going to be the easiest in my opinion, though.