[Eug-lug] unbuntu and admin

[Bob Miller]

Alan Crandall wrote:

> hello I am between jobs so have time to work on my Ubuntu install on my
> tower and running into problem upgrading to 7.1  It tells another task
> in running-apt-get-and to kill it but not sure how. I type in a console
> kill apt-get but that does not work. If I want to just upgrade programs
> I already have installed I get  run dpkg --configure -a which I have
> tried several time by typing su and then my password which it does not
> take ? I am the only user on this system and assumed that my password is
> the same as su ? Also what is the login name for admin ? Is it admin or
> root ? If I could login as admin, I think that would solve some of my
> problem. Thanks !

Find the apt process by running "ps ax" and looking through the listed
processes.  It could be apt-get, synaptic, adept, cron-apt, aptitude,
or others.  Once you know its name, kill it with the killall command.
"killall <name>".  For example, "killall aptitude".

If that doesn't work, you can always reboot. (-:

The super user's name is root.  But Ubuntu doesn't allow logging in as
root.  Instead, do "sudo <command>" and type your own password.
E.g., 

    you at host:~$ sudo apt-get install inkscape
    Password: (your password)

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com