[...] I was asked for my password. I could not type in the space provided. Keyboard totally worthless at that point.
I am fairly new to Linux, [...]
[...] but I have used the terminal window to do installs and this is the 1st time this ever happened. [...]
[...] I will see if I can find what you suggested. [...]
[...] Thanks [...]
I have not upgraded to version 5 yet as I have spent a lot of time customizing what I have.
I search Lite software in Control panel and Synaptic was not there. I did a file search for Synaptic and it was not there.
I cannot use CLI to install it due to same stated reason.
apt policy synaptic
you should get something similar to this synaptic:
Installed: (none)
Canditate: some_number_version
version table:
some_details_on_pkg
then install it by typing sudo apt-get install synaptic
hit enter, type your passwd when asked and hit enter again, wait for synaptic to be installed, once it is, click on menu and start typing synap ... it should appear, click on it or hit enter to lauch it, once it's started you can browse categories or use the search fuction to find a pkg.apt-cache
apt-cache showpkg synaptic
which will show some details about synaptic pkg such as dependencies. Another useful apt's command is apt show pkg_name
which as its name suggests, shows details of said pkg. The terminal is a very powerful tool and any Linux user will profit greatly by learning how to use it at this very basic level. It might look a bit challenging but once you grasps the basics you'll start to feel more comfortable at using it. Read this post for more info I have not upgraded to version 5 yet as I have spent a lot of time customizing what I have.
I search Lite software in Control panel and Synaptic was not there. I did a file search for Synaptic and it was not there.
I cannot use CLI to install it due to same stated reason.
When in the CLI and presented with a PW prompt - you will NOT see an output representation of keys entered.. No **** or P@ssw0r....
sudo nano /etc/sudoers
type in your password when asked, hit enter and in the sudoers file locate this line Defaults env_reset and insert this Defaults pwfeedback right under that one so it looks like this:Thanks to all, I did find the synaptic tool and just plain forgot about the password characters not acknowledged. Will do the suggestion to make them asterisks.I hope not. Doing so will tell who ever is looking over your shoulder how many characters your password has.