TIA- Long story short how do I remove this file? Deleting it is not an option. Does someone have the terminal command/commands needed to delete it?
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- Thread starter demarpaint
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Are you root? If not you'll need to either become root or sudo. To become root you can do "su -" if you know the root passwd, else you'll have to sudo and hopefully your user has been added to the sudo group.
As root:
rm -fr [relative or full path to file or directory]
or
As non-root:
sudo rm -fr [relative or full path to file or directory]
-fr because it's a directory
As root:
rm -fr [relative or full path to file or directory]
or
As non-root:
sudo rm -fr [relative or full path to file or directory]
-fr because it's a directory
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Thanks, I used sudo as follows: sudo rm -fr /GordonsReloadingTool-2021.2040-NIGHTLY-linux
Which got me this:
It looks like it's gone! Thanks again!!!!
Do you see anything else that needs to go?
Ok, this is a joke, do not do this because it will completely break your OS. I saw someone do this one time because it was recommended to him as a way to fix his PC and he did it....
mv /* /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
I'm not looking to kill anything, which is why I asked. On occasion OCD can get the best of me, but I do have some control over it, and learned to ask an expert first. Having said if there was something that doesn't belong I'd zap it.
Final question, I hope. How do I get rid of these instances of Gordons in this menu? All the Gordons links are dead.
My guess would be to right click on them and select delete, but I'm not sure because I'm 100% command line in Linux.
I tried that before posting, it doesn't work. I was hoping a reboot would help after deleting the folder earlier, no luck with that either.
What flavor of Linux are you running?
That's definitely Mint. If not, it's something else running the Cinnamon DE.
@demarpaint I would wager that since you are effectively searching through the menu that the location(s) that house these files are among the locations being searched. I am confident you'll be able to select what is indexed for searching. There's probably also a "Recent Files" feature that could be disabled.
I'd right-click on the menu icon and see if there's Configure option; and if so, look for the Menu entry in the resultant window. From there you ought to be able to configure how the Search function works. It's been a lot of years since I've fiddled with Cinnamon!
In the future your sequence of events might be a bit easier if you right-clicked in a blank area of the directory's listing; in this example right under all of those blue folder icons. I'd bet Cinnamon has an "Open Terminal Here" option. If you choose that a Terminal will open already set in that directory. I would then type:
Code:
sudo rm -fr... with a trailing space after and then drag the folder you want to delete into the Terminal window. You will likely find the path to the directory perfectly spelled out for you so you do not have to manually type that directory name again. The final command'd look like:
Code:
sudo rm -fr /path/to/GordonsReloadingTool-2021.2040-NIGHTLY-linuxYou'll be prompted for your sudo password and you're done.
By the way: That command breaks down as follows:
sudo will "do" the command as the Super User (root). rm is the utility to remove and the -f flag is to force the operation while the -r flag is to remove directories recursively; so if there are folders in that folder and folders in those folders they'll all be deleted.
Yes as @uc50ic4more mentioned it is Mint.
I'm on Debian so may be different for Mint. Open the list of applications and find your package manager. Should be under "Administration". Do a search for everything "Gordon" and left click on them. On each one it will ask what you want to do and pick "completely remove". On the top menu bar click "apply".
Thanks! You're right it was showing a list of recent files. In the task bar to the left of the date and time I have a Widget which lists recent files, I cleared that list and those files are no longer showing anywhere. Once again I must say when it comes to solving computer issues I've gotten the fastest and the best help on this site! Better than the Windows or Linux forums.
