how to install software locally?

[Pete Clapham]

You can also use the unix convention of establishing yourself as 
superuser (i.e. root) by giving root a password.  Type
*sudo passwd root*.  This will enable somebody who can do sudo to set 
the password for user root.  Give root the password you want.  Then, 
when you want to use a command-line command as root, type *su*.  The 
system will ask you for root's password.  You do NOT want to use root as 
a user of a GUI, but it's great for installing stuff.

cheers,
pete

KongJianjun wrote:
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> Is there a way to install software locally using apt?
>>> More specifically, I have a normal user account (not root)
>>> on a computer, and I want to install some software in my
>>> home directory. Is it possible to do so using apt?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your response.
>>>       
>> As normal user you CAN'T install software using apt. But, you can "install" 
>> software in your home dir as long as the software is a binary file/script 
>> that can be run without having to write any files/library outside your home 
>> dir.
>>     
>
>
> If you have been allowed in /etc/sudoer ,you can installsoftware using sudo apt-get install software_name.
>
> Download the binary file and install software is also easy.
>
>   

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Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio, 44115

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