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Asked: 2019-11-28 22:59:45 +0800 CST

"Command 'gksu' not found" error on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

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While running 

gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/somefile.rules

I am getting this suggestion.

Command 'gksu' not found, did you mean:

  command 'gosu' from deb gosu
  command 'ksu' from deb heimdal-clients
  command 'ksu' from deb krb5-user

Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
command-line gksu gksudo 18.04

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  1. Best Answer

    gksu has been deprecated.

    It's been removed from Ubuntu 18.04, as well as Debian and other newer Linux distributions. If you do a web search with the phrase "Ubuntu man gksu", you will see there's no 18.04 version available. Here are alternatives:

    Alternate[0]: use "-H"

    sudo -H nautilus

    Alternate[1]: Use "admin://"

    gedit admin:///etc/udev/rules.d/somefile.rules

    Alternate[2]: Use "pkexec"

    pkexec gedit
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