I tried to move a file into the rubbish bin (because I followed some instructions about installing sage and it involved moving a file to that directory) and it gave me errors saying that I didn't have permission. Even though I'm signed in as an administrator.
1 Answer
Open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T
and Use sudo
like this.
cd /usr/local/src
sudo rm ./file-name
If you want to delete the entire content of a folder, you should use -r
switch. like this:
cd /usr/local/src
sudo rm -r ./folder-name
Please, make sure you aren't deleting any system files. Also double check the file and folder name before hitting Enter key.
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7I recommend never to use
rm -r
with a path containing a/
. If you accidentally type a space in the middle, you might end up deleting the whole/usr
tree or something. Rather, change to the parent directory first:cd /usr/local/src
, check that it succeeded,sudo rm -r folder-name
. Sep 28, 2012 at 17:22 -
@BrentonHorne you can do this by clicking the gray tick icon at the left side of the answer.– AnwarSep 28, 2012 at 17:38
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1Another option is to use the -i flag:
rm -ri /usr/local/src
, that will give confirmation prior to executing the deletion.– PantherSep 28, 2012 at 21:29