Sudo ( s uper or be do ) is an application Unix Operating System used to perform actions with root privileges from user accounts. That should be worth. If you still do not understand, forget it. Anyway, practical example
dani @ master: ~ $ apt-get install ssh
E: Could not open lock file '/ var / lib / dpkg / lock' - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/ var / lib / dpkg /), are you root?
dani @ master: ~ $ sudo apt-get install ssh
[sudo] password for daniel: