[ubuntu-uk] run application in a terminal

[David Jones]

Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> Norman Silverstone wrote:
>   
>> I have searched and failed to find an answer to my problem, perhaps I am
>> not asking the right question. On my desktop there is a folder
>> containing some software called VueScan. To run the software I open the
>> folder, find a blue square standing on a point and double click and away
>> we go. What I would like to try is running the programme as root how do
>> I do this, please?
>>
>> Norman
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Presumably the blue square has a name and an executable linked to it?
> Right-click on it, choose Properties.
> Then in a terminal do "sudo {path to file name}/file name}"
>
>   
If its a graphical application, I would suggest using gksudo instead of 
sudo as that sets the enviroment more appropriately.

Dave