<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 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: <blockquote cite="mid:20071022151536.GC5958@kongove-desktop" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> 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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Voice: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 687-6972 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:w.clapham@csuohio.edu">w.clapham@csuohio.edu</a> </pre> </body> </html>