How to copy folder as root in Lubuntu 14.04 terminal?

Question

I am trying to copy the b43 folder into the /lib/firmware folder. I know I asked this before, but this is on a completely different OS. I can't seem to launch nautilus using sudo nautilus or gksu nautilus .

Solution 1

first change the directory where the file is located

cd <location of b43>

in your case

cd Desktop

and you can copy the folder by

sudo cp -a b43  /lib/firmware

Solution 2

If b43 is a file on the desktop and you need to copy the file to /lib/firmware, run the following command:

sudo cp ~/Desktop/b43 /lib/firmware

If b43 is a file at /home/jake/lib/firmware and you need to copy the file to /lib/firmware, run the following command:

sudo cp ~/lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware

Additionally, if you need to use the file manager instead, run the following command in Lubuntu:

gksu pcmanfm

if gksu is not installed, you may need to run the following command in an open terminal first to install gksu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gksu

if you don't like pcmanfm and you want to install nautilus, you can do so with the following command:

sudo apt-get install nautilus

Comments

[mchid]

gksu pcmanfm if gksu is not installed, open a terminal and run sudo apt-get install gksu

[Jake Haines]

The b43 folder is on the desktop. And for some reason the full path for /lib/firmware is actually home/jake/lib/firmware, therefore the path being in the home folder for my account, which is where it should not be going. It should be going to the main file system path /lib/firmware. What would be the full path for the main file system? If I use the command you gave me I get cp: cannot stat 'b43' : No such file or directory since the file wasn't being launched of the desktop. Can you edit the post? I see your edit, but I still get the same message.

[bolzano]

i think to copy files inside the home/jake/lib/firmware wont need sudo

[mchid]

OP is using (or trying to use) gksu which is the proper way to not screw things up.

[A.B.]

What does that have to do with the question?

[Igor Putilov]

@A.B. I mentioned in the edit that being he is on LXDE he doesn't have nautilus and should instead run pcmanfm