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I am new to Ubuntu (trying to get away from the clutches of Microsoft).

I downloaded Ubuntu 14, then upgraded to Ubuntu 16. Now I am trying to understand the command line, and every time I try to do something such as apt-get install qbittorrent , I am asked to give my password. My question is: What password? is this the one I gave when installed Ubuntu for first time?. I did try to use it but it does not take it. Is very frustrating being stone walled, so any help is greatly appreciated

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    Yes it is the password you set when you were doing the install. Just FYI, that command to install would need to be sudo apt-get install qbittorrent otherwise it will not work, but for sure the sudo password should be the one you set when you were installing Ubuntu. May 31, 2016 at 22:44
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This is in fact the same password you use when you login your user.

Make sure you not have Caps-Lock activated and so on. Unless you messed something up greatly this should work. You should be even able to switch to the super-user by using sudo su, sudo -i and such commands, which is not recommended because in this case you forfeit the security layer which keeps you from messing up things.

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  • I apologize for not answering sooner.
    – J M.C
    May 31, 2016 at 23:18
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    Your welcome, if my answer helped you and solved your problem you can accept it by clicking the check-mark beside it to accept it.
    – Videonauth
    May 31, 2016 at 23:33

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