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I haven't done any research on this yet, but I thought I'd ask. How do I get to be root user in Ubuntu? I want to install Java's latest JDK package manually into the system folder, but I can't unless I'm root (I tried and it says so on Oracle's site).
Thx,
Aaron
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That's the purpose of sudo. For those things that require you to be root, preface your command with sudo. For example, sudo apt-get install xxxxxx. The system will then ask for your password. Note it is asking for YOUR password, not root's. That command will then be run as root. For safety reasons Ubuntu does NOT activate a root account. The odds are you will never need to BE root. Sudo will handle most everything.
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For more info on sudo and the root account OP, please read
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
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Installing and configuring Oracle Java 7Originally Posted by Chace4Dreams
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I located a JDK 7 PPA which is easier than a manual installation and will update . Note that sudo is used in the commands.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/insta...buntu-via.html
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