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gksudo is a frontend to sudo. Its primary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root without the need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.

gksudo is a frontend to sudo. Its primary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root without the need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.

See the Linux Man Page for more.

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No alternative for this gksu usage

Ubuntu 18.04 removed the gksu package entirely from its repositories. The rational behind this is that gksu is thought to be used only in this way: gksu gedit /some/root/setting But there are other usages of gksu as well. Gksu is an important…
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