Re: Using gnome-apt as non-root
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Stuart Ballard wrote:
>
> 1) Is there a way to run programs as root from X, respecting such things
> as the current GTK theme; OR
>
No, the theme is a per-user setting, so it won't apply to you while you're
root. You could set the theme for the root user though.
> 2) Is there a way to enable a regular user to run apt/dpkg/gnome-apt?
>
No, installing packages requires root permissions. gnome-apt might let you
do package selections as a regular user eventually, but you'll always have
to be root to actually install.
Havoc
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