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Platform setup with Generic Linux
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The main task is to get the X Server up and running with some sort of hardware or software graphics support. This process can be validated by using the ``glxinfo`` command to see graphics driver informational output and ensure your system is configured correctly.

The following generic steps are presented in the cases where the user's distribution / platform are not covered by the sets of specific instructions that we provide in this wiki. They will vary on a case by case basis:

#. Install platform specific X server package.
#. Install required packages for opengl libGL and libGLU libraries.
#. Install required package for ``glxinfo`` in order to validate X server setup.
#. Start the X server. Note in some cases X can automatically detect the configuration, in other cases a configuration file might be required.
#. Export the DISPLAY variable. In some cases this will be ``:0.0``.
#. You can validate that things are working correctly if the glxinfo command successfully prints graphics driver information
