[dba-Tech] Linux Problem

[Bryan Carbonnell]

You will need to run the program that gives you the listbox as sudo

or install the deb file from the command line prepending the full
command with sudo.

I suspect that there are 2 users on your box. Your user and the root user.

Your user was probably given access to use sudo.

Your best bet is to read the documentation for your distro on how that works.

B

On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 at 12:51, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I do have an inkling about sudo, but I don't know how to use it when
> presented with a list Box containing current downloads. I would have
> thought that Right-Click would give me an option Run As, but no such luck.
> Ij, given a file whose type id .DEB, how can I open and run it? There is
> only one user on this Linux box, namely me, but apparently I do not have
> Admin rights.
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 12:20 PM Bryan Carbonnell <carbonnb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Use the 'sudo' command.
> >
> > B
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 18:39, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a Deb file that would install Oracle's VirtualBox, but then when I
> > > double-click it, it says that I need Admin permissions to install it. I
> > am
> > > the sole user of this box, and have marked myself as an Admin. right-
> > click
> > > on the filename and don't see a Run As option,
> > > What to do?
> > > (It's Mint 20.xx if that matters.)
> > >
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Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a
well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
shouting "What a great ride!"