Ubuntu doesn't use the password on the root user; in general Ubuntu will ask for your users password when switching to root (using sudo).
You don't say which software you are trying to install; I've converted this to a question so that you can ask for how to install it on Ubuntu. ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/151405 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to yelp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748132 Title: Root password -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs