1 definition by TheGamerPro0013
The word "sudo" is a Linux/UNIX command (short for SuperUser DO) allowing a user to execute a command that normally only the superuser (root) can perform. In the real world, this can also mean "Shut Up and Do as Ordered".
KID: Mom, make me a sandwich!
MOM: But you've already eaten!
KID: SUDO!
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user@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install package-name
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install package-name
sudo password for user: ****
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
MOM: But you've already eaten!
KID: SUDO!
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user@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install package-name
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install package-name
sudo password for user: ****
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
by TheGamerPro0013 May 16, 2021