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avantman42 · 04-26-2016, 12:35 PM

apt-get and aptitude both have to be run as root. Prefixing a command with sudo will run it as root. I'm not convinced that the commands you posted earlier will help, but they won't do any harm if you want to try them and prove me wrong

04-26-2016, 12:35 PM	#650
avantman42 Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 6058305 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite	apt-get and aptitude both have to be run as root. Prefixing a command with sudo will run it as root. I'm not convinced that the commands you posted earlier will help, but they won't do any harm if you want to try them and prove me wrong