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Old 05-22-2008, 07:35 AM   #1
nlavon
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Getting Rid of src folder in Trash


I installed some items recently in Ubuntu 8.10 and ended up putting a folder called "src" (not the one that has all the files in in it) in the trash.

I don't have permission to delete it or can I empty the trash. I can't change anything in the permissions tab of the folder.

I would like to empty the Trash icon; I am considering deleting the trash incon and starting again through gconf-editor.

Any suggestions on how to do this?

New Linux user but not computer newbie...

Neal Lavon
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:11 AM   #2
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Open up a terminal and type this:

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sudo rm --force --recursive -v ~/.Trash/*
You will be prompted for your login password.
 
Old 05-22-2008, 10:09 AM   #3
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Getting Rid of src folder in Trash

Thanks! I'll give it a try tonight when I get home.
Much appreciated.

Neal Lavon
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Old 05-22-2008, 08:47 PM   #4
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That didn't do it; but I did find something in the forums that did:

sudo rm -r ~/.local/share/Trash/*

This had been posted in the Ubuntu Forums on this topic, and it did work.

Thanks for the reply, though, it led to the solution.

Neal Lavon
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:20 AM   #5
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Maybe the location is different on Ubuntu. I use fedora and it's ~/.Trash with Gnome.

Glad you got the desired result in the end though, anyway. ;-)
 
Old 05-28-2008, 05:50 PM   #6
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Another possibility would have been to recover the files from the Trash. Konqueror's trash has an option to restore data by moving it back to it's previous location. From there permissions can be changed or the whole data removed with 'rm' on the command-line.

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