Becoming root

**rbeabout** · 07-15-2003, 09:39 PM

Hello all,

When I run the GTK+ installer, it tells me I must be root to run it. How do you become root? I'm using XFce as my GUI.

**rickenbacherus** · 07-15-2003, 09:42 PM

su

**rbeabout** · 07-15-2003, 09:52 PM

No, outside the Terminal.

**fingers99** · 07-15-2003, 10:50 PM

Log out, log in as root.

**oscar** · 07-15-2003, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by fingers99

Log out, log in as root.

No with knoppix live-cd.

**rickenbacherus** · 07-15-2003, 11:47 PM

It's in the docs

**fingers99** · 07-16-2003, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by oscar

Originally Posted by fingers99

Log out, log in as root.

No with knoppix live-cd.

So why is rbeabout posting in the Hdd Install section?

**rickenbacherus** · 07-16-2003, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by fingers99

So why is rbeabout posting in the Hdd Install section?

Could be tricky installing GTK+ to a read-only file system too.

**oscar** · 07-16-2003, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by fingers99

Originally Posted by oscar

Originally Posted by fingers99

Log out, log in as root.

No with knoppix live-cd.

So why is rbeabout posting in the Hdd Install section?

...good point...

...and then why is he asking a so obvious question ?

**fingers99** · 07-16-2003, 06:17 AM

and then why is he asking a so obvious question ?

Come on, let's be generous and honest here. No question is obvious unless you know the answer.

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