Why do all the sudo? [was Re: Software updater no longer functional]

[Tony Arnold]

Chris,

On Sun, 2017-01-22 at 12:37 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> This is a classic case where I wonder why not change:-
> 
> > 
> > Next steps:
> > 
> > sudo apt-get install -f
> > 
> >  -- fixes any package errors
> > 
> > NOTE THEM DOWN if it doesn't work & tell us
> > 
> > sudo apt-get clean
> > 
> >  -- empty the package cache
> > 
> > sudo apt-get autoremove -y
> > 
> >  -- remove obsoleted packages & ones nothing else use
> > 
> > sudo touch /forcefsck
> > sudo shutdown -r now
> > 
> 
> to:-
> 
> > 
> > Next steps:
> > 
> > sudo -i
> > apt-get install -f
> > 
> >  -- fixes any package errors
> > 
> > NOTE THEM DOWN if it doesn't work & tell us
> > 
> > apt-get clean
> > 
> >  -- empty the package cache
> > 
> > apt-get autoremove -y
> > 
> >  -- remove obsoleted packages & ones nothing else use
> > 
> > touch /forcefsck
> > shutdown -r now
> > 
> 
> It saves typing!  :-)
> 
> This is by no means the worst case, you often see great streams of
> 'sudo this' and 'sudo that' in descriptions of how to do things.
> 

Yep! Couldn't agree more. I use 'sudo -i' a lot! But it's rarely
suggested in any advice or documentation I've seen.

Regards,
Tony.
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