Running Idle as root from desktop

[BigJeffIE]

Hi folks,

I'm using IDLE to have a go at programming in Python. Even though there's an icon on the desktop I can't use it because I need it to run as root.

How do I get the icon to run as root instead of having to open a terminal window and doing sudo idle.

Thanks,

Chris

[JeremyF]

Hi Chris!

You can create a very simple bash script to do this:

• 1. Open a terminal
  2. type cd ~/Desktop
  3. type touch IDLE_as_root
  4. type nano IDLE_as_root
  5. type in sudo idle
  6. exit nano
  7. type in sudo chmod +x IDLE_as_root
  8. Close terminal
  9. Double click on the IDLE_as_root program on your desktop

[BigJeffIE]

and thanks again Jeremy.

This will make life easier.

Regards,

Chris

[legaborgo]

Hi,

I liked this only: (change: sudo idle)
/usr/bin/gksu -u root idle

legaborgo

[layer7]

If you want to always run IDLE with root privs then simply edit the desktop link entry in ~/Desktop and change the following line:
Exec=/usr/bin/idle
to
Exec=sudo /usr/bin/idle
You will then be able to just open idle in the normal way from your desktop and it will have root privs.

[pythonnoob123]

"simply edit the desktop link entry in ~/Desktop and change the following line:
Exec=/usr/bin/idle
to
Exec=sudo /usr/bin/idle"


how do I do that? I'm a total noob.

[Mamvcivm]

If you want to always run IDLE with root privs then simply edit the desktop link entry in ~/Desktop and change the following line:
Exec=/usr/bin/idle
to
Exec=sudo /usr/bin/idle
You will then be able to just open idle in the normal way from your desktop and it will have root privs.

Hi,I did this by opening the properties of the IDLE file in /home/pi/Desktop. I went to the Desktop Entry tab and prefixed the command with sudo, ie sudo /usr/bin/idle3 for Python 3 (IDLE), however this didn't work.

Any advice please?

Cheers,

Andy

[penguinmanraspberry]

Both 'Solutions' in this thread do not work.

The first solution 'create a text file link on the desktop' won't execute anything it will just open the text file with an editor.

The second solution recommends editing a file in ~/Desktop that doesn;t exist.

We require a right-click context menu that says 'Create shortcut'
Do it.

[B.Goode]

With apologies if you have a specific requirement and already know better, but things have moved on a lot since this topic was opened nearly 5 years ago, and for many purposes there is no longer a need to run Idle as root. Are you sure you actually need to do this?