Superuser confusion or maybe critically confused

[Rashkae]

Allen Meyers wrote:
> I am attempting to learn to use command line.
> this check that universe mirror is listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
> was my first challenge???
> but I tried a command line anyway for VLC media player and I guess before accepting it my password was needed as it asked for it.
> However it would take no typing at all so did a little research and thought maybe I needed to log in as super user.
> Ok so I am confused. Would someone take my hand and lead me through this command line for the VLC or just the 101 of command line
> As always thanks
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What command was that you tried exactly?  Was it a command to install VLC?

like, apt-get install vlc  ?

Presumably, since you got the password prompt, then you already tried it
with sudo (sudo is what tells the system to execute the command with
Super user permission, and requires password)

ex: sudo apt-get install vlc

Then it should prompt you for password.  go ahead and type your
password, press Enter.  Nothing will show on the screen, but that
doesn't mean it's not working.  It only means that on-lookers and other
snoops can't see a password being typed in, nor can they count the *'s
to know the length of the password.

If you have the password right, apt-get will go ahead and try to install
whatever you were installing.

If the password is wrong, you'll get a "sorry, Try again" and need to
put your password in again.

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>     Allen Meyers
>   chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
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