Synaptic Package manager doesn't open

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Davide Valenti

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Hello everyone :D
I've installed packages using the command line, however i've tryed to open the Synaptic Package Manager and i've noticed that it does not start up completely, do you know the motive?

Davide Valenti

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With sudo or gksudo the synaptic starts, thank you for your help, however, could you tell me the differences between the two?

lembas
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gksudo sets proper environment to avoid issues. Some graphical programs will work with regular sudo but it's a bit of a russian roulette. Once things go south you cannot login anymore for example, more than one such case on this very forum.

SuperTramp83

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Been using sudo for all the graphical applications for 2 years now. Never had any issue at all.

SuperTramp83

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Been using sudo for all the graphical applications for 2 years now. Never had
any issue at all.

lembas
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gksudo sets proper environment to avoid issues. Some graphical programs will
work with regular sudo but it's a bit of a russian roulette. Once things go
south you cannot login anymore for example, more than once case on this very
forum.

Davide Valenti

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Thank you lembas, may I ask if that command works only with graphical applications that use the gtk?

Magic Banana

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It works with any application. You can execute Synaptic with 'pkexec' too. There even is a script just for that:
$ synaptic-pkexec

Magic Banana

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It works with any application. You can execute Synaptic with 'pkexec' too.
There even is a script just for that:
$ synaptic-pkexec

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synaptic-pkexec@magicbanana That's got to exactly be the thing that's not working for Davide. MAybe try that in the terminal and post the resulting result and error(s, if any)?

Davide Valenti

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The software works with sudo, gksudo and synaptic-pkexec, thanks to miguelmenendez, lembas and Magic Banana, however I've installed the package suggested by root_vegetable, the so called "policykit-1-gnome" and rebooted the system and now the software starts asking me the authentication in a dialog box :) so I can say that the problem has been solved :D

duncan@bguthrie.plus.com
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Were you using Trisquel Mini? `policykit-1-gnome' isn't installed by default
(for some odd reason) on Trisquel Mini edition.

Davide Valenti

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Yes, I'm using Trisquel Mini :)

davide@valentisrl.eu
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Hello everyone :D
I've installed packages using the command line, however i've tryed to open
the Synaptic Package Manager and i've noticed that it does not start up
completely, do you know the motive?

davide@valentisrl.eu
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With sudo or gksudo the synaptic starts, thank you for your help, however,
could you tell me the differences between the two?

davide@valentisrl.eu
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Thank you lembas, may I ask if that command works only with graphical
applications that use the gtk?

duncan@bguthrie.plus.com
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Are you using Trisquel Mini? If you aren't getting the password prompt
graphically (but you clearly can authenticate based on your use of the
command line) install a package called policykit-1-gnome. For some odd reason
it is not installed by default on Trisquel mini. If you are not using
Trisquel mini, check if it is installed anyway. Installing it solved a
similar problem for me, so I hope this helps.

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synaptic-pkexec@magicbanana That's got to exactly be the thing that's not
working for Davide. MAybe try that in the terminal and post the resulting
result and error(s, if any)?

davide@valentisrl.eu
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The software works with sudo, gksudo and synaptic-pkexec, thanks to
miguelmenendez, lembas and Magic Banana, however I've installed the package
suggested by root_vegetable, the so called "policykit-1-gnome" and rebooted
the system and now the software starts asking me the authentication in a
dialog box :) so I can say that the problem has been solved :D

davide@valentisrl.eu
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Yes, I'm using Trisquel Mini :)