SOLVED: can't run dolphin as root

[Joe_Bloe]

Kubuntu KDE4 8.04 RC:

When I try to run kdesu dolphin, I get a dialog that says "Command not found!" I then opened a terminal window and typed sudo dolphin, and got the response sudo: dolphin: command not found. Finally, I sudoed to root by typing sudo -i, and tried to run dolphin, and got "The program 'dolphin' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install dolphin
-bash: dolphin: command not found"

Any ideas?

[dewclaw82]

Re: can't run dolphin as root

try calling it d3lphin -- that's how it shows up on my Gutsy.

[Joe_Bloe]

Re: can't run dolphin as root

Thanks, I just tried it, got the same result. Anyone have any other ideas?

[Snowhog]

Re: can't run dolphin as root

Just opened a console and typed:

kdesu d3lphin

and Dolphin started right up (as "root").

[cantab]

Re: can't run dolphin as root

If your on KDE4 then I presume it would be dolphin. Have you tried

type dolphin
which dolphin
locate dolphin

(as your normal user)

and do any turn up the executable? If so, it may be somewhere that's not in root's $PATH. There may be a reason for that, so as a workaround you'll have to do something like kdesu /usr/bin/dolphin.

If none of those find it, it's possible that Dolphin's got uninstalled or deleted for some reason, so try reinstalling it.

[claydoh]

Re: can't run dolphin as root

As you don't have 'dolphin' installed from your first report, I am assuming you are running the Hardy Heron KDE4 'respin', so if that is the case, then you only have KDE4's dolphin installed. In either case I beleive you run it by calling 'kdesu /usr/lib/kde4/bin/dolphin'

[Joe_Bloe]

SOLVED: can't run dolphin as root

thanks for the tip to try locate dolphin - I found the path to the launch script and prepended it to the command as so:

kdesu /usr/lib/kde4/bin/dolphin

and it worked. Thanks again everyone!