oops need help

**Dutch70** · June 29th, 2008

Originally Posted by Troll_the_Great

I would suggest

Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

.
Tell me if it worked.
Cheers!

+1 You should be able to just use the above, and then put in your password, and hit enter!
you wont see your password or the fact that it is doing anything. just hit enter.

Edit: guess I was too slow

**Troll_the_Great** · June 29th, 2008

Glad I could help.Root is the super user in linux, and root account is disabled by default in linux.That's why it said " Authentication failure".If you want (but I wouldn't recommend) you could type:

Code:

passwd

and then type a root password.But you can do anything with "sudo".When it tells you that you need super user privileges just type "sudo" and then your command.
Cheers!

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