Xubuntu 18.04.3-32bit - Child process failed on executing bash

To make it easier to install a new kernel, I created the following bash:

 Kernel installation:
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read -p "Please input kernel number: `echo '\n> '`" a
sleep 1
echo

sudo apt install linux-headers-"${a}" linux-headers-"${a}"-generic linux-image-"${a}"-generic linux-modules-"${a}"-generic linux-modules-extra-"${a}"-generic
sleep 2
echo

read -p "Hit Enter key to close ... " Enter

Execution of this script is granted, but still it doesn't work.

There's a message telling me

Child process failed! 
Child process cannot be executed. No privilege

How come and what can I do about it, please?

is this the same issue? https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...on-4175660310/

I would suggest you to use shellcheck to check your script,
also insert set -xv at the beginning of your script - which will help you debug what's happening.

Please do not drop in a general error message without any context, it is just pointless.
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-ques...html#beprecise

No, it's not the same issue.
This message about the child process only happens in Xubuntu.

The only context here is when I start the bash, I get the mentioned message.

no, see the link and answer all the relevant questions: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-ques...html#beprecise
The absolute minimum is:
exactly what did you type and exactly what's happened. Again, dropping in an [partial] error message is meaningless.
Again, this is not the complete error message, just a part of it, and important information is missing (line numbers of the original shell script and similar things).
Bash itself will never respond what you posted, there should be something else....

And what you posted is simply insufficient to help you.

it seems you have observed a fragment of a script and changed it for your own ends
This is good

lets expand on that
The links should help you understand what is happening

The test on the input is *very* weak
see if you can come up with a better one

#!/bin/bash
# bash function
# https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/CompoundCommands#Functions
kernel_pkgs() {
# here document
# https://mywiki.wooledge.org/HereDocument
cat <<EOF
linux-headers-${KerVersion}
linux-headers-${KerVersion}-generic
linux-image-${KerVersion}-generic
linux-modules-${KerVersion}-generic
linux-modules-extra-${KerVersion}-generic
EOF
}
GetKerVersion() {
while true;do
    read -p "Please input kernel number: $(echo '\n> ')" KerVersion
    # Parameter Expansion
    # https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/Parameters#Parameter_Expansion
    if [[ ${KerVersion} == ${KerVersion// } ]]
    then
        echo apt install $(kernel_pkgs)
        break # gets us out of the loop
    else
        # consider putting some kind of loop counter here
        # and break if too many attempts
        echo "error, \"${KerVersion}\" has a space in it..please try again"
    fi
done
}

GetKerVersion

Originally Posted by madmax25 Kernel installation: **********************

Actually this bit should already error out with "line 1: Kernel: command not found" - so you're not showing us the full picture.

Originally Posted by ondoho Actually this bit should already error out with "line 1: Kernel: command not found" - so you're not showing us the full picture.

that would explain it

I assumed that script header was added after for our benefit

The

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bash would expand that to whatever happened to be in the $PWD

This would explain

This message about the child process only happens in Xubuntu.