What is the equivalent of gksudo in Kubuntu/KDE?
Solution 1:
The Kubuntu/KDE equivalent of gksudo is kdesudo
. You can use this in the terminal or via the graphical command box on the top of the screen (Alt-F2).
When you do this, or otherwise launch an application which requires root privileges, you will get a kdesudo popup like this:
Note: If you are not getting this box with GUI applications, it may indicate a problem with the way the KDE desktop environment was installed. Please try reinstalling
kubuntu-desktop
if you are not using Kubuntu.
Solution 2:
Now it is kdesu
,
Example, If I want to use Matlab, and I want to run it as sudo user then I would type in: kdesu matlab
, which would open a GUI window for taking my password as input.
Solution 3:
As of Kubuntu 20.04, kdesudo
doesn't seem to be installed by default, and kdesu
is no longer in $PATH, but in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu
.