Gary L. Roach <garyroach...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Your suggestion to use the Ctl-Alt-F2 console > worked. Although it worked, it is a pain to use as a normal way of > installing software. Any suggestions as to how to fix the root cause?
Quite simple: Don't use just "sudo", use "sudo -i" or "su -" to become root. Any other method will keep parts of your users environment active, causing the problems you noticed. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.