command gedit "/etc/apt/sources.list" not working

secret_force · 08-02-2006, 02:52 PM

I want to change my sources.list however this happens when I type in the terminal
ernst@ernst-desktop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo: gedit: command not found

Any idea?

I use kubuntu 6.06

jeelliso · 08-02-2006, 03:03 PM

sudo by itself will not run anything that requires the X server. Try "gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list".

~Justin

IsaacKuo · 08-02-2006, 03:05 PM

gedit is a GNOME application, and kubuntu doesn't come with GNOME by default. You can install gedit if you want, or you can use kwrite (a KDE editor), or you can learn how to use vi (a popular but somewhat arcane console based text editor).

Of these options, learning to use vi may be the best in the long run. Vi isn't TOO unfriendly once you get used to it, and it's available even when booted up to the most minimal of emergency text console modes.

Nylex · 08-02-2006, 03:05 PM

Do you actually have gedit installed? It's the editor for GNOME and Kubuntu has KDE installed, so you may not have it. Edit: there are other editors you can use: Kate (which comes with KDE), Emacs, nano/pico to name a few.

oskar · 08-02-2006, 04:28 PM

"kdesu kate"

is what you want

You shouldn't get in the habit of sudo-ing graphical applications in kde. gnome can usually handle it.
use kdesu for everything off - command-line.

And you should use kate in kde instead of gedit.

BTW, it's "gksu" in gnome, not "gksudo".