I just upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04, and getting a bug where I can't move files to the trash. When I go to delete something it says file "can't be put in the trash. Do you want to delete it immediately?" I tried the instructions here: Can't move files to the trash but it didn't work. Not sure why this happened with the upgrade. Any help much appreciated!
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possible duplicate of Can't move files to the trash – Radu Rădeanu Apr 22 '14 at 19:28
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Solution:
sudo nautilusGo into
.local/shareand delete the Trash folder. Make a new folder and name it Trash, then go into terminal and do this:cd ~/.local/share sudo chown username:username Trashwhere
usernameis your own username.I have no idea why it doesn't work unless you remake the trash folder, but this way worked for me. Good luck if anyone else gets this bug!
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@bobleponge314 Your answer is still to similar with one from the duplicate question: this one. – Radu Rădeanu Apr 22 '14 at 19:30
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Should I be bothered by the fact that I was able to remove and recreate the folder "Trash" without sudo? – Nearoo Oct 24 '16 at 16:20
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@Nearoo That's ok,
~/.local/shareis in your home directory and owned by you,. – Volker Siegel Apr 25 '17 at 08:28