How to run jhbuild as root
I have installed jhbuild and set the PATH variable to $PATH:~/.local/bin. Now when I run jhbuild command I get error: You should not use jhbuild as root user and when I change the user to non-root and again I change the PATH value to above one replacing ~ with /root, I get error jhbuild command not found.
I am using kali linux so the default user is root user.
gnome python root gtk3 jhbuild
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
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I have installed jhbuild and set the PATH variable to $PATH:~/.local/bin. Now when I run jhbuild command I get error: You should not use jhbuild as root user and when I change the user to non-root and again I change the PATH value to above one replacing ~ with /root, I get error jhbuild command not found.
I am using kali linux so the default user is root user.
gnome python root gtk3 jhbuild
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
1,4093922
This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this commandls -la /root(The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
1
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
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@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15
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I have installed jhbuild and set the PATH variable to $PATH:~/.local/bin. Now when I run jhbuild command I get error: You should not use jhbuild as root user and when I change the user to non-root and again I change the PATH value to above one replacing ~ with /root, I get error jhbuild command not found.
I am using kali linux so the default user is root user.
gnome python root gtk3 jhbuild
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
1,4093922
I have installed jhbuild and set the PATH variable to $PATH:~/.local/bin. Now when I run jhbuild command I get error: You should not use jhbuild as root user and when I change the user to non-root and again I change the PATH value to above one replacing ~ with /root, I get error jhbuild command not found.
I am using kali linux so the default user is root user.
gnome python root gtk3 jhbuild
gnome python root gtk3 jhbuild
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
1,4093922
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
1,4093922
edited Feb 22 at 21:14
asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
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asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
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asked Feb 22 at 13:36
P_Yadav
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This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this commandls -la /root(The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
1
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
1
@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15
add a comment |
This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this commandls -la /root(The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
1
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
1
@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15
This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this command
ls -la /root (The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this command
ls -la /root (The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
1
1
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
1
1
@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15
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The behaviour you're experiencing is unrelated to permissions or the location of the binary, but to the user executing it. Specify the environment variable JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT with any value, e.g. env JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT= jhbuild ... in order to be able to run jhbuild as root.
This is a rather undocumented feature, I'm sure I suggested an improvement of the application feedback once which has been ignored; see https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/jhbuild/main.py#L97 for an idea why this should work.
answered Dec 16 at 14:33
Karl Richter
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Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
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So I found the solution for command not found I changed the permissions of the directory from where shell is looking for command(/root/.local/bin) and all the files which jhbuild wants to create from the command(e.g. /jhbuild,/jhbuild/.cache). I create them manually and changed their permissions in similar manner.
answered Feb 22 at 16:57
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The behaviour you're experiencing is unrelated to permissions or the location of the binary, but to the user executing it. Specify the environment variable JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT with any value, e.g. env JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT= jhbuild ... in order to be able to run jhbuild as root.
This is a rather undocumented feature, I'm sure I suggested an improvement of the application feedback once which has been ignored; see https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/jhbuild/main.py#L97 for an idea why this should work.
answered Dec 16 at 14:33
Karl Richter
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Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
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The behaviour you're experiencing is unrelated to permissions or the location of the binary, but to the user executing it. Specify the environment variable JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT with any value, e.g. env JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT= jhbuild ... in order to be able to run jhbuild as root.
This is a rather undocumented feature, I'm sure I suggested an improvement of the application feedback once which has been ignored; see https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/jhbuild/main.py#L97 for an idea why this should work.
answered Dec 16 at 14:33
Karl Richter
7681823
Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
add a comment |
The behaviour you're experiencing is unrelated to permissions or the location of the binary, but to the user executing it. Specify the environment variable JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT with any value, e.g. env JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT= jhbuild ... in order to be able to run jhbuild as root.
This is a rather undocumented feature, I'm sure I suggested an improvement of the application feedback once which has been ignored; see https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/jhbuild/main.py#L97 for an idea why this should work.
answered Dec 16 at 14:33
Karl Richter
7681823
The behaviour you're experiencing is unrelated to permissions or the location of the binary, but to the user executing it. Specify the environment variable JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT with any value, e.g. env JHBUILD_RUN_AS_ROOT= jhbuild ... in order to be able to run jhbuild as root.
This is a rather undocumented feature, I'm sure I suggested an improvement of the application feedback once which has been ignored; see https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/jhbuild/main.py#L97 for an idea why this should work.
answered Dec 16 at 14:33
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answered Dec 16 at 14:33
Karl Richter
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Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
add a comment |
Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
Thanks but this is old post and now I changed the disto, so I am unable to verify anything.
– P_Yadav
Dec 19 at 11:56
add a comment |
So I found the solution for command not found I changed the permissions of the directory from where shell is looking for command(/root/.local/bin) and all the files which jhbuild wants to create from the command(e.g. /jhbuild,/jhbuild/.cache). I create them manually and changed their permissions in similar manner.
answered Feb 22 at 16:57
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So I found the solution for command not found I changed the permissions of the directory from where shell is looking for command(/root/.local/bin) and all the files which jhbuild wants to create from the command(e.g. /jhbuild,/jhbuild/.cache). I create them manually and changed their permissions in similar manner.
answered Feb 22 at 16:57
P_Yadav
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add a comment |
So I found the solution for command not found I changed the permissions of the directory from where shell is looking for command(/root/.local/bin) and all the files which jhbuild wants to create from the command(e.g. /jhbuild,/jhbuild/.cache). I create them manually and changed their permissions in similar manner.
answered Feb 22 at 16:57
P_Yadav
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So I found the solution for command not found I changed the permissions of the directory from where shell is looking for command(/root/.local/bin) and all the files which jhbuild wants to create from the command(e.g. /jhbuild,/jhbuild/.cache). I create them manually and changed their permissions in similar manner.
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This is probably a permission issue, can you edit and add the output of this command
ls -la /root(The user don't have the right to see what is inside /root, so it will not find the command)– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:38
@Félicien Now I can execute jhbuild command but I it gives me error jhbuild: install prefix (/jhbuild/install) can not be created
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 13:52
1
Still seems to be a permission issue. Is there a reason you installed it in /root ? a solution would be to move it to /opt and change the ownership of the directory (and below) to the user you want to use
– Félicien
Feb 22 at 13:56
1
@Félicien you are right I changed the permissions, now it seems to work.
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:05
@Félicien but I am still looking for the solution of: You should not use jhbuild as root user
– P_Yadav
Feb 22 at 14:15