On 9/23/05, Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fritz Brown wrote: > >>You need to run > >> > >>sudo dpkg -i [whatever it is].deb > >> > > > > Aaaahh. Will try that. Everything else had me doing a dpkg -i | --install > > [whatever].deb. And, it really didn't like that "| --install" part. > > (Running Woody till I get this thing as a going concern. Then I will > > upgrade.) > > You need superuser privileges to install packages. Pacakges deposit > files in /usr, /etc, /var, and lots of places that a normal user > shouldn't be able to affect.
Yes. So you should be able to login as root (su), and perform dpkg -i package.deb if you don't want to mess with sudo -- Chris Martin Web Developer Open Source & Web Standards Advocate http://www.chriscodes.com/
