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I've downloaded a driver for a video card (*.run) and tried to install within a terminal. When I started the installation process I got this error: ERROR: nvidia-installer must be run as root. I'm logged in with my own profile.

Tim
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If you have an administrator account, simply 

sudo command

runs commands as root after asking your password (for safety).

If your account is not an administrator account, you can't :-).

Notice: in a standard Ubuntu installation, the user you set up in the installation process is an administrator account. Guest account is not. Other users, depends on how you create them.

Notice too: "administrator" account in this context mean an account which has the privilege to become root. There is a lot more info in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo and in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sudoers. I am using the simple "administrator account here" because it's how it's called in the graphic interface to create a new user:

Adding a user with administrative capabilities

Rmano
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  • when i log in i have 3 accounts -My,guest and remote access.I log in whith my accont (owner) is this not the same administrator? – user211303 Nov 04 '13 at 16:33
  • It's how it's called when you create a new user via the now unfortunately ultraminimalist graphic interface... it means being in the %admin or %sudo group (depend on how your sudoers file is written). I will edit to specify. – Rmano Nov 04 '13 at 18:22