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Ubuntu 24.10, sudo: gedit: command not found
I am attempting to follow instructions for editing /etc/fstab at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving.
I get the following error message:
steven@steven-Vostro-7620:~$ sudo cp /...
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E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list E: The list of sources could not be read [duplicate]
line 1 does not contain anything
I have checked this by using sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list command.
Got this error during repository update.
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While installing Hadoop in ubuntu for the command '$sudo gedit ~/.bashrc' I'm getting unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Here is picture of my command and it's error
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Problem in installation of gedit in Ubuntu18.04 LTS on Windows 10 [duplicate]
I downloaded Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store and I have installed it.
I tried downloading gedit using
$ sudo apt install gedit
I got this problem:
How do I resolve this problem?
EDIT: Attempts to ...
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Can there ever be any problem when using gedit to edit system files with 'sudo -H gedit'?
I am relatively new to Ubuntu, I noticed that in answers on this site, when people suggest editing system files, the command they give is always sudo nano or sudo vi.
Because I dislike using terminal ...
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Edit the /etc/sudoers file to provide permission to Jenkins
I need to edit the /etc/sudoers file using the command:
sudo gedit /etc/sudoers
and add the below:
jenkins ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
Post adding and trying to save I am getting the error:
(...
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Cannot open display error when I run sudo gedit on Ubuntu 14.04.5
solitude@Solitude:~/Desktop$ sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment.
(gedit:12631): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
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Create user ID `root` to force `gedit` to create user configuration file
When using sudo powers and calling gedit the top level menu with File Edit View Search Tools Documents Help is missing.
If I create user ID root and sign in once and call gedit will it create the ...
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I can't add a background image to grub : permission denied
I'm trying to add a BACKGROUND_IMAGE to GRUB, so I edited grub-mkconfig using gedit. After saving, I updated it, result is below:
sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for harish:
/usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig:...
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"Set document metadata failed" when I run sudo gedit
I have upgraded 14.04 to 16.04 . Now I am trying to open the gedit from terminal by passing the command:
sudo gedit /some/where/file.txt
but it is throwing an error stating that:
(gedit:2090): ...
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No menu bar in gedit 3.18.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
Gedit usually shows the menu bar when the mouse is hovered over the top of Unity (desktop) no matter where or how gedit is displayed. This is ok.
When started from terminal using
sudo gedit
there ...
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Open a file with gedit over ssh
I am trying to display a file with gedit, from my home, when connected to ssh in a machine of my uni. However, something is wrong with permissions.
gsamaras@gsamaras:~$ ssh -X [email protected]
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What specific bad things happen when gedit is used with sudo?
I read this answer explaining that "sometimes" root can own something at /home/$USER directory.
Can anyone give an example how to prove it. Just give a test case when something really bad happens, ...
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gedit problem when open by terminal
when I open terminal and run the command sudo gedit first.cpp it shows this error in terminal:
(gedit:24589): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/bonny/.config/ibus/bus is not root!
(gedit:24589): ...
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Sudo gedit error
** (gedit:8315): CRITICAL **: file log.c: line 980: unexpected error: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.zeitgeist.Engine: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process ...
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Can't open Gedit as root
When I run sudo gedit /path/to/some/random/file I get the following error
** (gedit:6262): WARNING **: Command line `dbus-launch --autolaunch=7f8731869e1c690b8205727e0000000a --binary-syntax --...
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help cannot change inotify watch number because file cant be over written
so I'm trying to start using lsyncd for a more up to date backup system.
the problem that i have run into is that the directory that i have to backup contains more than 250,000 items and i would like ...
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How can I run sudo gedit as gksu gedit
I'm looking into ways of automatically loading Gedit as gksu gedit when I enter sudo gedit by mistake?
I have found that I have made a number of files unreachable by using gedit and I have only just ...
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gedit tool bar missing unless running as sudo
I'm really new and from the dark side (Windows)...
I must be doing something wrong.
The only way I can get gedit to run with a tool bar (Save As etc.) is to launch it with sudo from a terminal.
I ...
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"EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported"
I am on ubuntu 12.10.
Every time that I try to open gedit on root this appears:
(gedit:3254): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session manager: None of the authentication protocols ...
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Unable to launch gedit with sudo
While trying to follow these instructions, I encountered the following error while attempting what seems like a simple sudo edit operation:
$ sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status
** (gedit:14898): ...
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I have 2 different GEdits?
When I load GEdit, it is different from sudo GEdit.
Normal GEdit gives me Gtk warnings in the console, and ithas a different look.
When I install plugins on either version, it doesn't reflect on the ...
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How can I edit my httpd.conf file?
I have XAMPP installed, and need to edit my httpd.conf file to add a virtual host block. If I right-click on the file in Nautilus and open with gedit, I can see all the content, but it's read-only.
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