I'm trying to launch xterm, via ssh x11 forwarding, and I'm getting an error that libxft.so.1 is missing.

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Issue

  • I'm trying to launch xterm, via ssh x11 forwarding, and I'm getting an error that libxft.so.1 is missing.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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