[Gambas-user] Shell sudo

[Les Hardy]

sudo allows you to pass a password to the shell with -S
The following should do it.

sudo -S apt-get install PACKAGENAME << EOF
PASSWORD
EOF


Regards
Les Hardy


M. Cs. wrote:
> I'd like to make my app able to download and install packages via apt-get
> (or any other command-line package manager). How can I do that? I know it
> will need the user's password but how can I pass the command?
> The simple SHELL "sudo apt-get install ..." won't do the thing!
> Thanks!
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