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marcdxn is offline marcdxn
2010-06-16 , 09:29
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Trying to run an apt-get install #### but its advising that i need to be in the root to perform the action.

Please can someone advise on how i get into the root from xterm so i can run the command
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2010-06-16 , 09:31
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Install the rootsh package then type "root" without quotes in Xterm and you will become root.
 

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2010-06-16 , 09:34
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Thank you very much !
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2010-06-16 , 10:19
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or you could just do: sudo apt-get install whatever
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