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Released: 2016-01-06

Installation

Download XQuartz-2.7.9_rc1.dmg, and open it in macOS’s Installer.

Important Notices

OS Requirements

macOS 10.8.5 or later is required to install this package.

Default X11 Server

If this is your first time installing XQuartz, you may wish to logout and log back in to update your DISPLAY environment variable.

Changes in 2.7.9_rc1

• All changes in 2.7.8 plus:
• app:
  • glxgears 8.3.0
  • glxinfo 8.3.0
  • quartz-wm 1.3.2
  • xkbcomp 1.3.1
  • xinput 1.6.2
  • xterm 322
• lib:
  • cairo 1.14.6
  • freetype 2.6.2
  • libpng 1.2.56
  • libpng 1.4.19
  • libpng 1.5.26
  • libpng 1.6.20
    • CVE-2015-7981
    • CVE-2015-8126
    • CVE-2015-8540
  • libXfont2 2.0.1
  • libXi 1.7.6
  • libXplugin
    • Worked around an El Capitan regression that would cause OpenGL widgets to sometimes remain visible (#93318)
  • libXt
    • No longer linked with -flat_namespace
    • Binary compatibility maintained for existing clients of libXt.6.dylib
  • pixman 0.33.6
  • xcb-util-keysyms 0.4.0
• server:
  • xorg-server 1.17.4 plus other patches