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How to run playonlinux as root

Asked by GeneratorRex

How to run play on linux on ubuntu 12.10 as root

Please do not say it is not recommended. just tell me how to run it.

Help is seriously very appreciated. Thanks

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and run

gksudo playonlinux

give your password and then playonlinux will show up with root privileges.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What is the output of:

head -n /etc/apt/sources.list; apt-cache policy playonlinux; uname -a

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Sorry

head /etc/apt/sources.list; apt-cache policy playonlinux; uname -a

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GeneratorRex (albedotenison) said : 		#4

root@ionized:~# head /etc/apt/sources.list; apt-cache policy playonlinux; uname -a
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
playonlinux:
  Installed: 4.1.8
  Candidate: 4.1.9
  Version table:
     4.1.9 0
        500 http://deb.playonlinux.com/ precise/main amd64 Packages
 *** 4.1.8 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.1.1-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/multiverse amd64 Packages
Linux ionized 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux