# Error using GLMakie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-glmakie/107768>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** glmakie\
**Created:** [December 18, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-glmakie/107768 "2023-12-18T12:27:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-glmakie/107768/3 "2023-12-18T12:55:04Z")

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Success with [`xpra`](https://www.xpra.org/) has been mentioned on [zulip](https://julialang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/137791-general/topic/remote.20plotting/near/338615476),  
and here is another approach:

> [@Makie and X11 forwarding](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-and-x11-forwarding/91975/8):
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> Thanks @t-bltg! [SixelTerm.jl](https://github.com/eschnett/SixelTerm.jl) built using Sixels.jl works perfectly for me. It displays CairoMakie figures in the terminal directly. Because X11 forwarding was not working properly for GLMakie, I had to rely on UnicodePlots.jl to display the results calculated on a remote Linux cluster, but now I can use CairoMakie.jl and SixelTerm.jl. Here is a screen capture showing how it works:

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