Installing dpkg error â€œrequested operation requires superuser privilegeâ€

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Running Ubuntu Version 13.04 and login as administrator and says I need to a superuser to run dpkg, I thought admin was a superuser. What am I doing wrong?

avid@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$ dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
david@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$

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Running Ubuntu Version 13.04 and login as administrator and says I need to a superuser to run dpkg, I thought admin was a superuser. What am I doing wrong?

avid@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$ dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
david@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$

edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

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Running Ubuntu Version 13.04 and login as administrator and says I need to a superuser to run dpkg, I thought admin was a superuser. What am I doing wrong?

avid@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$ dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
david@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$

edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

Jorge Castro

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asked Jul 19 '13 at 18:37

user176642

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Running Ubuntu Version 13.04 and login as administrator and says I need to a superuser to run dpkg, I thought admin was a superuser. What am I doing wrong?

avid@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$ dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
david@david-Dell-DM051:~/Documents$

edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

Jorge Castro

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asked Jul 19 '13 at 18:37

user176642

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edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

Jorge Castro

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edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

Jorge Castro

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edited Jul 19 '13 at 18:38

Jorge Castro

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asked Jul 19 '13 at 18:37

user176642

612

asked Jul 19 '13 at 18:37

user176642

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asked Jul 19 '13 at 18:37

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You still need to use sudo to elevate the dpkg installation, do:

sudo dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb

then enter your user password.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 18:39

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You still need to use sudo to elevate the dpkg installation, do:

sudo dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb

then enter your user password.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 18:39

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You still need to use sudo to elevate the dpkg installation, do:

sudo dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb

then enter your user password.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 18:39

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You still need to use sudo to elevate the dpkg installation, do:

sudo dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb

then enter your user password.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 18:39

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You still need to use sudo to elevate the dpkg installation, do:

sudo dpkg -i vzaccess-7.5_2766f-1ubuntu1110.deb

then enter your user password.

answered Jul 19 '13 at 18:39

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