Thanks, Alexandre for the reply. On Monday 27 July 2015 00:06:39 Alexandre wrote: > > From: lisi.reisz@... > > To: trinity-users@... > > Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:54:30 +0100 > > Subject: [trinity-users] Running GUI programs as root in 14 > > > > In the absence of kdesu, or tdesu, how do you run eg KWrite or Konqueror > > as root in 14 on Debian? Even gksu seems still to be missing this time. > > I'm not on a Debian setup right now, but depending of the distro, one of > the following command should work in Konsole: On PCLinuxOS (if I remember > well it works this way on Deb too): > su > (type your password) > (type the name of the app you want to launch as root) And in Debian it won't launch because you are root and it is a GUI program. :-( It will complain about lack of access to X. > exit (to quit super-user mode) > On Ubuntu: > sudo ((type the name of the app you want to launch) > (type your password) > > It is not the same command on every distro, but it is most of the time > combinations of su and sudo. > > Anyway you should be able to find easily a package with a name similar to > tdesu or tdesudo in Synaptic (my preferred one) or any package manager app. > Or sometimes the name of the app has changed to trinity-(the name of the > app). Ah! I'll look for that. I have been in the habit of alt-F2 -> kdesu kwrite -> password -> Kwrite launches. > > Hope it helps! I'll look for tdesu via aptitude. Thanks. Lisi