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terminal won't accept su password

Asked by always lost

I am trying to install internet scrabble. 1. when i opened the terminal and typed 'su' as per the instructions from the java site my password is not accepted. I used the same password for all other things. and 2. How do i unzip a file????? I can't find any reasonable answers to this. The unzip window opens....... then what? There are no clear instructions. Can any one help?

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Ali KIBICI (alinux-the-master) said : 		#1

1) try to use "sudo" instead of "su"
2) right click to zip file and select "extract here"

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Francesco Conti (madmoose) said : 		#2

Typing:
   sudo -s
You are asked for your password (the current user password)
If this is the right one, you'll be in a new shell as user root.

To unzip a file you can click on it as in previous answer or you can use this on command line:

   unzip FILENAME

Typing:
  unzip

without any filename you'll get an help text

You can have more help by typing:

  man unzip

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Don (dons1634-comcast) said : 		#3

I type into terminal "sudo apt-get ??????" but it will not accept my password,can you help?

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Don (dons1634-comcast) said : 		#4

I type into terminal "sudo apt-get ??????" but it will not accept my password,can you help?

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