Opening a root shell

[Maf. King]

Forwarding to list for the Windows crowd / those who use F::Q to advise:
Maf.

On Saturday 05 December 2009 17:56:39 Joe Conway wrote:
> 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? I use Windows XP and I can get to the
> directory C:/Program Files/GnuCash/bin. Since I asked this question, I have
> now managed to install Perl and it looks like the program is using it. 
> However I can not seem to get GnuCash to Update the stocks and funds.  Can
> you walk me thru this? Horace J. Conway
>
> Dec 4, 2009 04:51:24 PM, maf at chilwell.net wrote:
>
> On Friday 04 December 2009 01:29:11 Joe Conway wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I use Windows XP
>
> > and I can get to the directory C:/Program Files/GnuCash/bin
>
> Horace J.
>
> > Conway
>
> Dec 3, 2009 07:23:24 PM, mailto:maf at chilwell.net"
> target=_blank>maf at chilwell.net
>
> > wrote:
>
> On Thursday 03 December 2009 19:09:19 Joe Conway wrote:
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> Hi Joe,
>
> Apparently the list doesn't like HTML-only
>
> > messages, could you resend in plain
>
> text, please?
>
> To guess at
>
> > the answer to your question, on SuSE, I'd start a normal terminal
>
> then
>
> > issue the command "su -" (no quotes) and enter the root password when
>
> prompted. Having tried to get root on an Ubuntu Karmic box today for
>
> > the
>
> first time, maybe the command "sudo xterm" may be of more
>
> > use.
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
>
>
> 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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