Opening a root shell
Maf. King
maf at chilwell.net
Fri Dec 4 16:51:15 EST 2009
On Friday 04 December 2009 01:29:11 Joe Conway wrote:
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> <DIV>I guess my question is dealing with the program GnuCash.
> How do I open a root shell for this program so that I can install a gnome
> module in it using the command gnu-fq-update.</DIV> <DIV>I use Windows XP
> and I can get to the directory C:/Program Files/GnuCash/bin<BR>Horace J.
> Conway<BR><BR>Dec 3, 2009 07:23:24 PM, <A class=parsedEmail
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> Reply-All.<BR><BR>Hi Joe,<BR><BR>Apparently the list doesn't like HTML-only
> messages, could you resend in plain <BR>text, please?<BR><BR>To guess at
> the answer to your question, on SuSE, I'd start a normal terminal <BR>then
> issue the command "su -" (no quotes) and enter the root password when
> <BR>prompted. Having tried to get root on an Ubuntu Karmic box today for
> the <BR>first time, maybe the command "sudo xterm" may be of more
> use.<BR><BR>HTH,<BR>Maf.<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></html>
Joe,
IIRC, the procedure to install FQ on a windoes box is something
like "Start->Programs->Gnucash->Install Online Quotes"
I don't think that windows has an analogue to a "root shell"
You probably need to install ActivePERL first, see the list archives over the
past month or two, I'm sure this has come up recently.
Maf.
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