root lets you run commands as the root user.
It is designed as a simpler version of sudo that doesn't require
complex configuration and doesn't mess with your environment variables.
To install, just run make install as root.
You will require GNU make and a C99 compiler such as GCC.
Any user in group 0 (usually called wheel or root) is allowed
to use root.
Use your system's tools such as gpasswd and usermod to make
any necessary changes, e.g. usermod -a -G 0 USERNAME.
Just write root before the command you want to run as root,
e.g. root vi /etc/fstab.
See the root(1) man page for more details.