install brave browser from terminal under limited account

[Matthew Cohen]

Brand new to linux and I can't remember how to install software while running under a non admin account. My admin's name is billy-johnson but running

sudo -u billy-johnson apt install apt-transport-https curl

just prompts me for the sudo password for my current account (which doesn't exist because my current account is a limited account not a administrators)

[firenice03]

[member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member] 
You could su to your user then sudo apt install.. Enter passwords as prompted..
So..

Code:

su username
sudo apt install package_name

[Moltke]

[member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member] [member=5414]firenice03[/member] suggestion will wok but I think

Code:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https curl

will do too.

Hope this helps!

[Matthew Cohen]

Yep, I knew it was something easy like that.

su username lets me type in the password for the admin account and then I can go from there.

Thanks for the help. I'm sure you will be hearing from me again.

Matthew

[firenice03]

No worries [member=20722]Matthew Cohen[/member] good to hear it worked for you


If you could mark the thread solved (modify original post)

[Matthew Cohen]

I'd be happy to except that how to do so seems to be yet another inscrutable, uncrackable mystery...at least for me.  > 

[firenice03]

I updated it..


Look at forum guidelines,...


Modify 1st post (upper right)
Then in select prefix (1st drop down) choose solved...