cant get in root
trying to install wine. but cant get to root. OS F20
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You don't need to be in the root directory to use yum, you need to be the root user. This is similar to 'Administrator' in some commercial operating systems.
From that command line use:
su -
and when prompted type the root password you assigned to your system. You can then use the yum command. As this is new to you, before you add any new software, you might want to just take the maintenance step of updating the packages already installed. Use this first:
yum update
and follow prompts. If the kernel gets updated, log out of root using:
exit
and then reboot.
As an alternative, try:
su -c 'yum update' and give your root password. After update, restart if there is a kernel update.
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Asked: 2014-08-19 10:04:50 -0500
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Last updated: Aug 20 '14
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when i try to install wine from terminal it sez i need to be in root dir. to use yum. whem i try to go to root i get this "bash: cd: root: Permission denied" I am new to linux just installed it yesterday Tony