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| djohnston Aug 21, 2013 4:57 PM EDT |
The title is "Debian Package Managers". Devyn states:Quoting: If the file is local, then type "sudo dpkg -i package.deb" in a terminal. Replace "package" with the name of the file. The sudo command makes the command execute with root privileges. No, it doesn't. Not on an unmodified Debian installation. He is confusing Ubuntu's system wide use of sudo with Debian's use of the same tool. A normal Debian user does not have sudo powers unless that user has been added to the sudoers file and given the appropriate priveleges. Another mistaken case of "Ubuntu is the same as Debian" syndrome. Sad, because Devyn's kernel configuration articles are excellent. Well, he's still young. |
| caitlyn Aug 21, 2013 6:15 PM EDT |
Debian does ship sudo and, IIRC, includes it in most default configurations. Of course, you are absolutely right that sudo has to be configured on Debian and most other non-Ubuntu distributions. His article could have been unchanged if he said "On a Debian system with sudo configured..." and he would have been spot on. |
| kikinovak Aug 21, 2013 6:19 PM EDT |
> Not on an unmodified Debian installation. He is confusing Ubuntu's system wide use of sudo with Debian's use of the same tool. If you install Debian in Expert Mode, you can choose to disable the root account and work with sudo. It's not the default behaviour though. |
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