Sudo not allowing me to install stuff

Question

So, I am using UBUNTU in a virtual machine. I tried this command in Xfce Terminal(I installed it) - sudo pacman -S make patch.But it is showing this after entering the correct psw - https://i.stack.imgur.com/GF0EB.png

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '22 at 13:51

0

You need to add yourself to the sudo group.

As root, run usermod -aG sudo jothamrizanth.

Also, pacman is Arch Linux's package manager. On Debian & Ubuntu, you can use apt install make patch to install make and patch.

answered Dec 08 '22 at 13:51

P Varga

328

https://i.stack.imgur.com/ia4nH.png - Getting an error. – lunix Dec 08 '22 at 13:55
Is it because I failed thrice to get access to do that pacman thing?? – lunix Dec 08 '22 at 13:56
You need to run the usermod command as root. (Run su to become root) – P Varga Dec 08 '22 at 13:57
how do i do it?? I dont know – lunix Dec 08 '22 at 13:58
Ok, I tried this, su usermod -aG sudo jothamrizanth but it is saying that -a was an invalid option – lunix Dec 08 '22 at 14:05
Run just su. This gives you a root shell. Then run usermod -aG sudo ... in that shell. – P Varga Dec 11 '22 at 14:01

Sudo not allowing me to install stuff

1 Answers1