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#51 2006-05-03 10:57:59

Dusty
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Re: Jacman 0.3 released

eNTi wrote:

sorry, for my noobish question, but how do i run jacman as non-root?

probably using sudo would be best.

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#52 2006-05-03 15:35:31

arooaroo
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Re: Jacman 0.3 released

Dusty wrote:
eNTi wrote:

sorry, for my noobish question, but how do i run jacman as non-root?

probably using sudo would be best.

Sudo is usally the easiest route.

From the readme:

* Jacman doesn't prompt you to sign in as root like many GUI apps do. If you
  try and do something that you don't have permission for, expect an error
  telling you so!

So it's up to you to make sure you're in a state where you can run pacman, whether that be sudo, su -, or whatever else you may use.

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#53 2006-05-04 02:17:33

Dusty
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Re: Jacman 0.3 released

kdesu is another option, for gui gui gui gui apps

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#54 2006-05-04 07:14:04

Snowman
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Re: Jacman 0.3 released

Dusty wrote:

kdesu is another option, for gui gui gui gui apps

Or gksu (pacman -S gksu)  if you don't use kde.

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