To Kubuntu or to Ubuntu?

[MerlinsLair]

Ok, I experimented with both and decided on Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop system. Now my question is...how does one go about uninstalling Kubuntu? No sense in it staying on if I'll not be using it, right?

Guess this really shows off my newbie status, huh?

[stalker145]

Here's a good place to start.

[MerlinsLair]

Holy cow! How the heck did I miss that? Guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees! Thanks stalker145...appreciate it.

[stalker145]

Holy cow! How the heck did I miss that? Guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees! Thanks stalker145...appreciate it.

No problem. I'm happy to help.

[MerlinsLair]

Ok, I'm getting this now:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

And when I do, I get the next phrase:

dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

What's up?

[stalker145]

Ok, I'm getting this now:



And when I do, I get the next phrase:



What's up?

Did you make sure to put 'sudo' before the command? It's what comes to my mind...

[wesley_of_course]

Wesley here ;


Fellow Noob here , Sudo ?

[MerlinsLair]

Yes, sudo added but it doesn't run. Only goes back to my original command prompt...hmmm Btw, added yahoo messenger to my collection for IM'ing.

Sudo is the root user without logging out of a normal user account and having to log back in as an administrator or "root" to perform admin tasks. This is how Ubuntu does it and it's so much easier this way.

Check this page out as it has several useful links about it: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/security

[crane]

So running sudo dpkg --configure -a you are still getting
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege?

[MerlinsLair]

Yes, odd isn't it? Sorry for the late reply but my grandson arrived last night. Will check into this further later this morning.