how do i delete a dir that has a lock on it?

bailey239 · 07-19-2007, 08:34 PM

I accidently installed a program that is not for a 64bit system and now i have a folder with a lock on it on my desktop. how do i uninstall it or just delete it?

jschiwal · 07-19-2007, 09:39 PM

su to root and remove the folder. It probably has the permissions of either root or the programmer who packaged it.

sudo rm -R ~/Desktop/<folder to remove>/

bailey239 · 07-20-2007, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jschiwal

su to root and remove the folder. It probably has the permissions of either root or the programmer who packaged it.

sudo rm -R ~/Desktop/<folder to remove>/

When using that command i get a error:
'bash: /: Is a directory'

lord-fu · 07-20-2007, 08:43 AM

Hi,does

Code:

cd  ~/Desktop

Code:

sudo rm -Rf folderyouwannaremove

work? Actually jschiwal's command I believe would work if you dropped the trailing / and just do it like.

Code:

sudo rm -R ~/Desktop/folderyouwannadelete

Be careful when doing recursive deletes, especially as root.

Hope it helps.

bailey239 · 07-20-2007, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lord-fu

Be careful when doing recursive deletes, especially as root.

Hope it helps.

What if it like i said above it is a program that never installed all the way it stoped because it was the wrong architecture? and it only left that locked dir on my desktop, that should be ok to delete right?

bailey239 · 07-20-2007, 08:52 AM

Thank you, the code "sudo rm -Rf folderyouwannaremove" worked fine...