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Asked: 2017-05-13 01:41:51 +0800 CST

File manager is not allowed to do anything [duplicate]

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I am new to ubuntu. I noticed that the file manager is basically useless. I tried to remove a folder inside /opt/lampp/htdocs but nothing happens after selecting the folder and pressing the button del.

On windows I could just delete it by using the windows explorer.

Is ubuntu only designed for terminal usage?

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2 Answers

  1. I solved it by starting nautilus as sudo. First I had to install the package gksu:

    sudo apt-get install gksu

    Then I started nautilus like this:

    gksudo nautilus
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  2. Is Ubuntu only designed for terminal usage?

    NO. You could open file manager and press del.

    inside file manager right click a file/folder see properties see permissions.. if you’re not the owner of the file/folder you cant do various things with it see Lubuntu file permission.

    same thing using terminal

    <open.terminal>
sudo rm -rf /opt/lampp/htdocs/<folder.or.file.to.delete>
<enter.root.password.at.prompt>

    or use mc

    <open.terminal>
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mc
sudo mc
<navigate.to.your.file.folder>
<select.it.and.press.F8.to.delete.it>

    or you can run file manager as root.. same procedure as mc

    inside Linux most of the files don’t belong to user.you(as in windows) so you you cant do various jobs on them, see

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