I think, this topic does not belong to the devel-list, so I drop this to the
user-list.
On 2016-11-18 03:45, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings arm experts;
>
> Raspian has a showstopper in its package management dept.
>
> 1. In spite of being able to do about 99% of the stuff with sudo, over an
> ssh -Y login, there is one glaring omission. There is no reason even
> when X is not running, why I shouldn't be able to run synaptic-pkexec
> with it exporting the gui window to what ever machine I am logged into
> it from.
>
> Except its asking for the root pw, and root doesn't have one.
>
> Sudo bash gets me root, but then root can't open the display, so I am
> stuck with the text based apt.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a fix? Having a gui to manage packages
> makes it a heck of a lot easier to do.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Hi Gene,
'm back again from illness.
Hack in your remote console:
sudo apt-get install gksu
gksudo
enter in the "Run:" field
synaptic
click "OK".....
:)
Have fun.
Cheers Matsche.
--
"In der Wissenschaft siegt nie eine neue Theorie,
nur ihre Gegner sterben nach und nach"
Max Planck
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