Error because $DISPLAY environment variable is not properly set

Is it possible to start an xfreerdp session into Microsoft windows from a command-line only install of Linux? The command I use from a full blown Linux install is this: $ sudo xfreerdp /v:farm.company.com /d:company.com \ /u:oshiro /p:oshiro_password /g:rds.company.com This command works fine. However, when I run the same command from a command-line install of Linux, I get the following error message: Please check that the $DISPLAY environment variable is properly set. freerdp_set_last_error 0x20001 libfreerdp/core/freerdp.c:97: freerdp_pre_connect failed Both the GUI based Linux installation and the command-line only installation of Linux I have are Ubuntu 12.04. Both installations have xfreerdp version 1.2.0-beta1