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Wrightda
January 12th, 2009, 10:58 PM
Im new to linux so far so good (just glad im no longer lining the pockets of Mr. Gates) any way i got this error message that told me to run (dpkg --configure -a) went to terminal ran this and recieved (requested operation requires superuser privilage ) anyone know how to fix this??

hangfire
January 12th, 2009, 11:06 PM
Im new to linux so far so good (just glad im no longer lining the pockets of Mr. Gates) any way i got this error message that told me to run (dpkg --configure -a) went to terminal ran this and recieved (requested operation requires superuser privilage ) anyone know how to fix this??

Put sudo in front, to give the command super-user privileges.


sudo dpkg --configure -a

It will ask for your password (yours, not root's) before continuing.

-HF

Wrightda
January 12th, 2009, 11:09 PM
Awesome thanks hangfire!