git suddenly started putting up a dialog instead of asking for my password on the command line

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 14:47, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Whatever the Ubuntu 18 installer gave me by default. I needed to have
> it more-or-less the same as my daughter's.
>
> Which means Gnome, I guess.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't remember what I was watching install when I
> thought I saw a wallet install.

OK.

FWIW, in search of an easy life, when I want to go chasing stuff like
this, I just install Synaptic.

sudo apt install synaptic

Then I can search for "wallet" or whatever. This searches descriptions
and so on too, and you can even choose to search by package contents.

Click the first column header to sort by installed status (I think
it's first, but you get the gist).

N.B if you're running GNOME on Wayland by default then apps that need
root, such as Synaptic, won't run. When you log in, pick "GNOME on
X.org" in the settings, then it should work.

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