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Why is some software not in the official Ubuntu repositories?
Software in main is supported by Canonical. Obviously they're not going to support every arbitrary piece of software on the internet. Software in universe is inherited from Debian, where a select ...
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Why is some software not in the official Ubuntu repositories?
In the particular case of GRUB Customizer, it is not packaged in Debian simply because no one has done the packaging work. There is a Request for Package bug opened for it, so anybody who is willing (...
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How do I give root privileges to an app?
You don't need PolicyKit or any of that. Just change the apps owner and permission level:
sudo chown root:root /path/to/app
sudo chmod 4755 /path/to/app
Of course, you will need root privileges in ...
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