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Re: Beginner's question.

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On 08/09/2021 14.54, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood wrote:
> Groovy hepcat Bud Frede was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Tue, 7 Sep
> 2021 09:36 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
> 
>> Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> writes:
>>
>>> Groovy hepcat David W. Hodgins was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on
>>> Sat, 7 Aug 2021 10:31 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:09:43 -0400, Jane <J@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   This is to the OP. (Sorry, I don't see your post; only other
>>>   people's
>>> followups.)
>>>
>>>>> I'm not actually a beginner but I'm sure plenty who are have come
>>>>> across this problem many times...and I cannot find an explanation
>>>>> anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> I don't use mint, so don't know which package manager it uses.
>>>>
>>>>> After installing packages with software manager, some open up
>>>>> immediately, others are accompanied by an icon but many just seem
>>>>> to disappear. They are installed but there appears to be no way to
>>>>> run them. I have tried terminal and package manager to no avail.
>>>
>>>   Software Manager is just a front end to the apt package management
>>> system. You could use tools provided by apt and dpkg (a backend used
>>> by apt) to find information on installed packages.
>>>   If you know the actual package name (not the name/description in
>>> Software Manager), you can use the dpkg-query command to find out
>>> more about it, including what files are installed. You can then find
>>> out the names of an installed program. Try this:
>>>
>>> sudo dpkg-query -L packagename
>>>
>>>   If you don't know the package name, you can try looking at
>>>   history.*
>>> files in /var/log/apt/ to see what was recently installed. Or, if you
>>> have a general idea but don't know exactly, you could try the
>>> apt-cache command to search for a package:
>>>
>>> sudo apt-cache search softwarename
>>>
>>>   Another option is to run synaptic and use it to search for the name
>>>   of
>>> the software you've installed. It has a tab that shows installed
>>> files.
>>
>> Ok, so I was ninja'd on this. :-) I'm not sure sudo is required for
>> these though. In fact, I don't think I've ever needed sudo to run
>> them.
> 
>   It seems you're right. I'm flabberghasted! My ghast has never been so
> flabbered! (Frankie Howerd in Carry On Up the Jungle) This makes me
> shudder. It should require root privileges to do things like this. I
> could've sworn it (Debian, which I'm using, at least) used to. Why this
> changed I cannot begin to fathom.

You should not need to be root to make queries, only to install or
remove things.

And there are ways to allow a certain normal user to install things.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E.R.

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Beginner's question. Jane <J@home.com> - 2021-08-07 09:09 +1000
  Re: Beginner's question. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-08-06 20:31 -0400
    Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-08 06:11 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-08-11 17:19 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:36 -0400
        Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-09-08 22:54 +1000
          Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-08 23:54 +0200
          Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-12 05:24 -0400
  Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-07 09:38 +0100
  Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-08 17:01 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2021-08-08 15:46 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-08-08 22:42 +0200
      Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-09 17:16 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Jane <jane@home.com> - 2021-09-06 20:32 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:46 +0200
        Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:33 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:31 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:34 -0400

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