Bash scripts requiring sudo password

Question

I\'m creating a Bash installer script which compiles and installs some libraries for both OSX and Linux. Because some commands in my script (\"make install\", \"apt-get install\

Answer 1

Another way to go about it :

function checkSudo() {
    if ((EUID != 0)); then
        echo "Granting root privileges for script ( $SCRIPT_NAME )"
        if [[ -t 1 ]]; then
            sudo "$0" "$@"
        else
            exec 1>output_file
            gksu "$0" "$@"
        fi
        exit
    fi
}