Brand new to linux and I can't remember how to install software while running under a non admin account. My admin's name is billy-johnson but running
sudo -u billy-johnson apt install apt-transport-https curl
just prompts me for the sudo password for my current account (which doesn't exist because my current account is a limited account not a administrators)
[member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member]
You could su to your user then sudo apt install.. Enter passwords as prompted..
So..
Code:
su username
sudo apt install package_name
[member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member] [member=5414]firenice03[/member] suggestion will wok but I think
Code:
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https curl
will do too.
Hope this helps!
Yep, I knew it was something easy like that.
su username lets me type in the password for the admin account and then I can go from there.
Thanks for the help. I'm sure you will be hearing from me again.
Matthew
No worries [member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member] good to hear it worked for you
If you could mark the thread solved (modify original post)
I'd be happy to except that how to do so seems to be yet another inscrutable, uncrackable mystery...at least for me. >
I updated it..
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