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I'm following the page here: i3wm.org/docs/repositories.html and after running the first command(sudo echo 'deb http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild-ubuntu wily main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list) I get bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list: Permission denied so I can't update. How can I fix that?

kalenpw
– kalenpw

2016-05-23 19:15:07 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2016 at 19:15
You can't just stick sudo in front of echo with a redirection (for reasons check here or here or here). You'll need to open a shell as root or use one of the workarounds in the questions I linked.

Wieland
– Wieland

2016-05-23 19:20:31 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2016 at 19:20
Opened a terminal as root and it works great now. Thanks for the quick answer!

kalenpw
– kalenpw

2016-05-23 19:25:29 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2016 at 19:25

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