I was about to report this bug myself. dpkg ought to be patched so that on Ubuntu it tells the user to use “sudo”. This is not a matter of opinion. It is Ubuntu policy to gain root privileges with “sudo” and not with “su”.
Remember that the message is for the benefit of new users. Experts already know what to do. The command should be exactly what the user needs to type. -- apt-get tells me to run "dpkg", but the correct command is "sudo dpkg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/52697 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
