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can't delete files in live distro

wunderbra

Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:36:48 am

I installed a live distro of Zorin to a USB, with 1 gig of persistence. Somehow I borked the JRE install and need to reinstall. Synaptic cannot do it because there is not enough room left in the var/apt/cache folder.

I have tried everything I know to delete them but run into permissions problem. I tried changing the properties to anyone in the group being able to read/write the folder, but the system would not let me change the permissions.

Is there another way to empty that cache folder?

Anonymous

Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:31:22 am

Hi wunderbra,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581009

Regards
Andreas

Linx

Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:29:41 am

although I am not completely understanding the issue ... I know how to remove files ...

cd /location/of/the/files/or/folders
sudo rm -r [foldernames]
sudo rm [filenames]
ls

OR if this doesn't work for some reason
you are running a live distro ... this means you likly have another computer in the house ... if linux is on any of them (windows will work if the persistence is formated in ntfs) ... it should be able to read it and you can remove it from there

sorry if it doesn't help ... I don't fully understand the issue