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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 in VirtualBox.

I would like to unpack a tar.gz in my root (/) folder but I can't paste any file in it or even create a new folder in the file browser.

I can do that with command line when I use sudo but when I use right click I don't have access to create new folder or paste... I have sudo privilege so I don't really understand.

I think it can by done with terminal because with mkdir I've been able to create a folder, but I can't write in this folder.

Does anybody have any clue about it?

Zanna
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David
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  • What I mean by I am root user is that I have admin rights. I can do any sudo command line. This file contain a package that is suppossed to go in the opt folder. (When I open my tar.gz with archive manager I can see there is the opt/ folder then in it the soft I need) and I'm also following a tutorial that telling me to unpack it in my root folder in order to install it in the opt folder. – David Apr 26 '18 at 13:01
  • My point here is that I'm not using any command line I'm trying to do it with the manager. With command line I believe everything works fine but I don't understand why I can't access directly to my opt folder. When I open /opt then right click I can't add new folder, paste file.... (not sure to be clear) – David Apr 26 '18 at 13:12
  • Thanks, I understand better now. I tried this command line : sudo tar -xvfz tc_arm_gcc-4.4.4-glibc-2.11.1-multilib-1.0.i386.tar.gz and got this error : "tar: z : open impossible: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now the french part says that there is no file or folder of this type. But the spelling is good and my file is in my "/" folder – David Apr 26 '18 at 13:22
  • Also why do you don't recommend to run file browser with root privilege ? – David Apr 26 '18 at 13:30
  • Maybe the z option is not required... does it work without it? – Zanna Apr 26 '18 at 13:45
  • Could you please open a new question if you have a new or follow-up question? The comment section is not suitable or meant for new questions or extended discussion. You’re welcome to send me a comment with a notification to draw my attention to it. Thanks. – David Foerster Apr 26 '18 at 14:48
  • I don't recommend running the file browser as root because in the command line you usually run one command with sudo and that's it. It's easy to do a lot of operations in a file browser without thinking about the fact that you are doing all of them as root. If you are careful and close the program as soon as you've done what you need, it's fine, but you should be aware that you can easily cause damage to the system when running things as root. – Zanna Apr 26 '18 at 15:14

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try to do the following from your terminal:

sudo -H nautilus

that way you will get all the privileges like as root to make folders and paste stuffs everywhere you want.

spaceman117X
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