Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package
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Benjamin Seidenberg wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Benjamin Seidenberg wrote:
>>>> Joe Smith wrote:
>>>>> "Wesley J. Landaker" <wjl@icecavern.net> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm
>> window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY.
>> Unlike Sun Java & Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer.
>>
>> Since many (most?) desktop users install apps from within su or
>> sudo'ed xterm windows, how will you work around that?
>>
> If you don't use -, DISPLAY should be preserved. Ditto for sudo.
$ su -m
Can dpkg emulate that?
> Benjamin
>
> (Postscript: I almost replied to your sig, but decided i wasn't
> going to go there.)
Off-list replies always welcome.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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