< solved> sudo apt-get remove floola...no joy

[sixthwheel]

Yes I know I can install and remove what I need from synaptic, but how is that any fun?..really.
Could someone put me on the right track here please? Thanks.

[menotu]

Don't use sudo in pclinuxos - just use su 

[sixthwheel]

Didn't work.

[nerdful1]

Open terminal.

type su
hit enter
then your root password
now you are root with # prompt for the session or until you enter 'exit'

And you should just use synaptic.

[Bald Brick]

Open terminal.

type su
hit enter
then your root password
now you are root with # prompt for the session or until you enter 'exit'

And you should just use synaptic.

Or to explain it a bit more in depth:

The command su stands for "substitute user" (not "superuser", as some people seem to think). It will let you run commands as any other user on your system.

The basic syntax of su is "su <name-of-substitute-user>". If you just type "su" and hit Enter -- without specifying which user you want to become, the system will take for granted that you want to become root.

But if "su" is followed by something else, the system will believe that is the substitute user you temporarily want to become. So if you enter a line like

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su apt-get remove floola you are not telling the system to run the program apt-get as root; you are telling it that you want to become the user apt-get -- which naturally doesn't exist.

Now, if you want a command that works almost like sudo, try kdesu. (You'll be asked for root's password though.)

[sixthwheel]

Thank you Blackbird.
Very informative..No wonder it came back saying no such user as "apt-get"