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I'm new to Linux and just installed the Gnome on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet (or something similar). Once inside the Gnome GUI, there is a terminal prompt but typing commands does not do anything. I've searched for hours and cannot figure out how I can start running commands as root again, so I can begin installing programs.

I've tried the following: Alt+F2 (does not work)

sudo -i

gnome-terminal

gksu gnome-terminal

sudo -H gnome-terminal

the above commands do not print out any text, just do not run.

Liso
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Don't use the Alt + F2 shortcut. Press Ctrl + Alt + T and use the terminal should be correct.

muru
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  • Why? I mean fair enough that you make this claim, but it's not clear why this is supposedly correct or more correct than any other method (incl. Alt+F2). – 0xC0000022L Jun 27 '20 at 19:56
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In GUI you you should use:

gksu command

or

gksudo command

But note, this is only for graphical applications to run them from superuser. For CLI applications just:

sudo command
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  • None of these work. Originally the prompt said root@name:~#, I then typed gnome-session and the root@name: part went away, now when I type a command and press enter it just goes to a new line. – ThatWeirdDude Aug 09 '15 at 22:10
  • What exact command do you typing ? – Gannet Aug 09 '15 at 22:12