Php server issues

[Jonyk56]

i am trying to make a minecraft server for php, but glitch keeps giving me errors when using apt/sudo, can someone tell me why?

i am using pterodactyl.io cli

[househaunt]

Hi @Jonyk56 – Glitch doesn’t allow users to run apt or sudo (I believe because of other processes that need to run in the background and could be interfered with.) There’s an explanation of it from a Glitch engineer here:

Using sudo Commands

The ability to use sudo commands in the glitch console would really be a great addition to glitch.

But I have seen some workarounds mentioned (in python, not in php, but there might be cross-language applications)? This might be pertinent to your question:

I need sudo permission to install a python package

I’m trying to use python on Glitch, but i need the sudo permissions to install the pyoppai module, my bot need this to work, there is any workaround for this ? thanks in advance! also i’m getting this when i try to install: $ python3 setup.py install running install running build running build_ext running install_lib copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.5/pyoppai.cpython-35m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so -> /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages error: could not create ‘/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-p…

[Jonyk56]

ok! thank you for your help!

[random]

In a fashion you should already have packages like PHP installed, you can install apt packages through the ‘notroot’ method

Tutorial: How to install any package from apt-get on Glitch