Installing PI in Linux - password?

[cmassa]

I am a total newbie to Linux. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 last night and am trying to install PI. I have it extracted and enter the command into a terminal window (following the instructions on the PI site). It then asks for a password. No matter what I enter, I always get a message that authentication failed. I have used my login password for Ubuntu, my PI access password and nothing works, not even just hitting enter. It gives the error and stops. What am I supposed to enter there?

Chris

[NGC7789]

Did you put the license file in /home/<user-name>

[cmassa]

I didn't. I do that before even installing it?

Chris

[NGC7789]

Yes. Had you previously installed PixInsight on either Windows or OS X? You can copy the license from there. See FAQ 2.7 at http://pixinsight.com/faq/index.html

[NGC7789]

When you installed Ubuntu did you make your user an administrator? Which command is prompting for the password? If it's the sudo ./installer command then your user needs to be an administrator and you would enter your user password. If you did not setup your user as an administrator you'll have to google how to change it.

[cmassa]

It's the installer command asking for a password. I thought I was the administrator.

Chris

[NGC7789]

you can confirm that you are administrator by opening System Settings (the gear icon) and choosing User Accounts.

[NGC7789]

If you are not administrator try this:

http://www.tuxradar.com/answers/343

[cmassa]

It shows me as administrator

[NGC7789]

And you are typing the same password that you used to log into Ubuntu? Is the installer in your /home directory or a child directory of your /home directory?

[cmassa]

I am typing the my Ubuntu logon password. I have moved the PI installer to a child directory of /home/user name. The command sudo is not recognized, I'm using su -c './installer' as the instructions say. It asks for a password and nothing seems to work.

Chris
 

[cmassa]

When in the directory with the installer if I type sudo ./installer it gives a command not found message.

Chris

[NGC7789]

Where do you see that instruction?

I see sudo ./installer in the instructions on the software distribution site. Try that. By default on Ubuntu root is not enabled so you cannot use the su command. You must use sudo. Or you have to enable root.

[cmassa]

Here is what I get:

chris@Office-Ubuntu:~/PI$ sudo ./installer
sudo: ./installer: command not found

[NGC7789]

do a ls while in ~/PI to double check that the installer is there.