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Alt+F2 work, but it doesn't give me access to gparted. I have never worked with a program in the terminal before, just written code/commands. Do I have to use sudo to open up gparted? And what else? Graeme

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GParted needs root privileges to run. It comes with a wrapper that asks you for your admin password and elevates its privileges, called gparted-pkexec. You have to run that one instead of gparted directly.

However, you say you downloaded GParted. If you mean by this that you downloaded it off some website, you normally shouldn't have done that. GParted is available from the official Ubuntu repositories and can be installed using 

sudo apt install gparted

or through your Software Center. This version will make sure GParted is well integrated into your system and e.g. provide a launcher icon, so you don't have to use Alt+F2.

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  • I have tried all suggested commands, I still have no access to gparted. Is it supposed to open through the terminal? PS I downloaded from Software Centre – Graeme Booth Apr 11 '18 at 19:55
  • No, GParted is a graphical application, you don't need to start it from the terminal, but you can. If you try and type gparted-pkexec in the terminal, what exactly happens then? Does it ask for the admin password? Does GParted start up and show any windows? Are there error messages in the terminal? – Byte Commander Apr 11 '18 at 20:10
  • :~$ gparted-pkexec Created symlink /run/systemd/system/-.mount → /dev/null.

    (gpartedbin:9433): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 There was a lot more but this site only allows a small no characters. Gparted has yet to show any signs of opening. In or out of the terminal. A separate window opened for the password.

     – Graeme Booth Apr 11 '18 at 21:22
  • Please edit your question to add the complete output. Also, what Ubuntu version and desktop environment are you using? Do you know whether you're on Xorg or Wayland? – Byte Commander Apr 11 '18 at 21:34
  • :~$ gparted-pkexec Created symlink /run/systemd/system/-.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/media-ubuntu-A107\x2d2558.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/media-ubuntu-Backup\x20copy.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/run-user-121.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4206.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4327.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4407.mount → /dev/null. – Graeme Booth Apr 12 '18 at 13:33
  • Created symlink /run/systemd/system/snap-spotify-13.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/snap-spotify-6.mount → /dev/null. Created symlink /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount → /dev/null. No protocol specified

    (gpartedbin:2781): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 Removed /run/systemd/system/-.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/media-ubuntu-A107\x2d2558.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/media-ubuntu-Backup\x20copy.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-1000.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-121.mount. I have to send in three parts

     – Graeme Booth Apr 12 '18 at 13:37
  • Removed /run/systemd/system/run-user-121.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4206.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4327.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/snap-core-4407.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/snap-spotify-13.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/snap-spotify-6.mount. Removed /run/systemd/system/tmp.mount. – Graeme Booth Apr 12 '18 at 13:38
  • I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 which I plan to change to Ubuntu 16.04 – Graeme Booth Apr 12 '18 at 13:43
  • I asked you to edit your question to add the output, exactly because of its length and because comments don't allow proper formatting. Important information should always be edited into the question. – Byte Commander Apr 12 '18 at 17:01
  • I don't understand, you asked for the total output and that is what I tried to give you. I don't understand how I'm supposed to edit the terminals output into my reply to what you asked for. But in any case right now all I want is to understand why I can not open gparted. – Graeme Booth Apr 13 '18 at 09:03
  • There is an edit button below your original question, which you can use to add additional information. However, the problem you have is most likely already solved anyway, so see the linked duplicate question for a solution. – Byte Commander Apr 13 '18 at 10:18
  • Ok I got gparted to open, but I also got a error warning. Libparted warning:Error fsyncing/closing/dev/sdd:1/O-fel on fjärrmaskin Swedish for O.error/problem on externalmachine Graeme – Graeme Booth Apr 13 '18 at 12:12
  • I suggest you open a new question for this follow-up issue. – Byte Commander Apr 13 '18 at 12:24