Is it possible to start adept as normal user, like the "system settings"?

[pansz]

System settings started as a normal user, it only prompt for passwd when sudo is required.

When I examine what I need to do with apt, it is the following:

apt-cache search
apt-cache show
apt-get source
apt-get -b source
sudo apt-get build-dep
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install

You see, half of the commands need sudo, and half of them do not. If we simply want to browse the repository we don't need root privilege at all. and if we want to install or upgrade, it can prompt for passwd.

Is that possible with adept?

[Teunis]

Re: Is it possible to start adept as normal user, like the "system settings"?

Yes you can!

Just make an entry in the menu with the command

adept

Or use Alt+F2 and type adept

[tiagobt]

Re: Is it possible to start adept as normal user, like the "system settings"?

Yes, it works! It doesn't let you install or remove programs, but lets you browse through the package database and get information about each one.