i have access to nothing (sudo)

To update, you should just see an icon in the taskbar. So you basically have nothing to do, just wait. Then click the icon, enter your password, and it will install everything.

If you want to add programs, you have it at the bottom of the first menu ("Add/Remove"). Just open this, search for the application you need, enter the password, and it will install it.

"sudo" is the command to use to run programs from the command line as the superuser. But you will need it only if you want to run things from the command line (usually faster than the graphical interface, but you need to know the commands) or if you are in trouble. Most of the time, it will just ask for the password when needed, and that's it.

Please note that you need to have an account with administrator privileges. That's the case for the first account created on the system, but not necessiraly for other accounts.

Bonjour François

I do not see the add and remove buttom, it just ain't there
plus i am sure i do not have the administrator privileges. How do i do
that?

Thank you so much

Julie

Bonjour François

I do not see the add and remove buttom, it just ain't there
plus i am sure i do not have the administrator privileges. How do i do
that?

Thank you so much

Julie

On Fri, 2007-28-09 at 20:16 +0000, François Tissandier wrote:
> Your question #14193 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/14193
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> François Tissandier proposed the following answer:
> To update, you should just see an icon in the taskbar. So you basically
> have nothing to do, just wait. Then click the icon, enter your password,
> and it will install everything.
>
> If you want to add programs, you have it at the bottom of the first menu
> ("Add/Remove"). Just open this, search for the application you need,
> enter the password, and it will install it.
>
> "sudo" is the command to use to run programs from the command line as
> the superuser. But you will need it only if you want to run things from
> the command line (usually faster than the graphical interface, but you
> need to know the commands) or if you are in trouble. Most of the time,
> it will just ask for the password when needed, and that's it.
>
> Please note that you need to have an account with administrator
> privileges. That's the case for the first account created on the system,
> but not necessiraly for other accounts.
>

salut Julie

The Add/Remove option is at the bottom of the first menu of ubuntu (Applications). But if you are running Kubuntu or Xubuntu, that could be different. But in any case, that should be somewhere in the menus.

If your account is the one you created when installing, you have the administrator privileges.
If not, like if someone created an account for you on the computer, you must ask him to give you the privileges.

julie,

i do not believe any of the previous answers were direct enough...
if you want to use sudo you should be doing so from the command prompt....
to be clear, when you use 'sudo' it means 'Super-User DO' - whatever you append to the 'sudo' command is executed with super-user privileges (what's known as 'Administrator' to Windows users)...
you will use this to install programs, change settings, etc...

i'm not going to begin to explain the Terminal.... just know that when you use 'sudo' from the terminal - you can do damage to your system...

this should get you going with the terminal... http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/terminal

please let us know how you fair...

addendum to my previous post...

when you issue a sudo command you will be asked for a password... in ubuntu, by default, this will be the password of the first account you created...

I have figured it out, it was when i installed linux, i gave it 2 names and i figured out the problem

Thank you so much everyone for your help

Julie