FedX@quokk.au to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoPOSIX really has a tool for everything!quokk.auimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imagePOSIX really has a tool for everything!quokk.auFedX@quokk.au to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoYou can remove the French language pack with rm -fr /
minus-squareAnafabula@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days ago# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
minus-squareBobWehadababyitsaboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoWow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?
You can remove the French language pack with
rm -fr /# rm -fr / rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafeIt’s a common misconception: whats happening is that -fr is dangerous and it doesnt want to preserve the root. So you need to use the flag to tell it “No, Preserve Root!”, hence you must use the --no-preserve-root flag just to be extra safe.
Wow, you can’t even remove the French language pack anymore?