How to fix 'sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified' error?

Question

I am trying to compile some sources using a makefile. In the makefile there is a bunch of commands that need to be ran as sudo.

When I compile the sour

Answer 1

Try:

1. Use NOPASSWD line for all commands, I mean:

   jenkins ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
   

2. Put the line after all other lines in the sudoers file.

That worked for me (Ubuntu 14.04).