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Issue installing sudo using apt-get
I am attempting to install sudo on my ReadyNAS to be able to run some stuff from the command line. When I attempt to do so using apt-get, I get an error - full output is below (Spaces are added for ...
You are failing to install mariadb... you need to remove that since it is not installing properly and then try to install sudo.
[edit] it actually says you have mysql running and you need to stop it before you can install mariadb.
There is a MySQL server running, but we failed in our attempts to stop it. Stop it yourself and try again!
Since you log in via SSH as ROOT, you don't need sudo. Just run the command.
The function I was needing to run was giving a message it needed to be run specifically as Admin, not Root, but I realized I was able to just SSH in as Admin and do it that way instead.
GJSchaller wrote:
The function I was needing to run was giving a message it needed to be run specifically as Admin, not Root, but I realized I was able to just SSH in as Admin and do it that way instead.
Something wrong there, root is what you always should use. You can really mess things up if you try to install packages as admin.
What function were you running?
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