Wednesday, August 22, 2018

sudo - Gnome How do I Run a Command as root?

I'm new to Linux and just installed the Gnome on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet (or something similar). Once inside the Gnome GUI, there is a terminal prompt but typing commands does not do anything. I've searched for hours and cannot figure out how I can start running commands as root again, so I can begin installing programs.



I've tried the following: Alt+F2 (does not work)



sudo -i


gnome-terminal

gksu gnome-terminal

sudo -H gnome-terminal


the above commands do not print out any text, just do not run.

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