[xubuntu-users] Synaptic doesn't work on a new 14.04 installation

[Lutz Andersohn]

On 07/17/2014 10:13 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> I have just installed xubuntu 14.04 on an IBM Thinkpad x201i.
>
> I like to use synaptic for adding software so I installed that (from
> the command line using apt-get) but it doesn't work, there are various
> symptoms according to how you try to run it:-
>
>     Run from the menus - asks for authentication in the normal manner
>     but nothing further happens, no GUI, nothing.
>
>     Run from the command line as ordinary user - synpatic GUI comes up
>     OK but of course with the message that you can't actually install
>     anything as you don't have root privilege.
>
>     Run 'sudo synaptic' and you get the following errors after
>     entering the password:-
>
>         No protocol specified
>         **[synaptic:10781]: WARNING **: Could not open X display
>         No protocol specified
>         error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in environment.
>         **[synaptic:10781]: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>
>
> Wierdly enough if I 'ssh -X ...' into the system from another computer
> on the LAN I *can* run synaptic successfully!
>
>
Shouldn't one be running synaptic with gksu instead of sudo?