Unable to update groovymame from LXDE

[Edglaf]

In Groovyarcade, using the LXDE frontend to update groovymame and move rom files, for some reason, wheever I try to replace /usr/local/binaries/groovymame file I get the message "permission denied". It does not allow me to change permissions to for that folder either. How can I easily do it? I'm not very skillful with linux so I do not know how to do it from a command line console...

Help, please!

[cgrisamore]

Linux manages permissions depending on who the owner of the file is.  You can find out the owner and the current permissions by typing the below command in a terminal.

ls -l /path/to/file

You can use sudo command to temporarily give yourself root privileges to delete, replace, change owner, and/or change rights.

[Edglaf]

Thanks, indeed it worked but could not remove the file at first. I just had not noticed that you have to set, preferably prior to installation, a password for root. I case it someone might need ir in the future:

From LXDE desktop open an LXterminal window, for example, and introduce these commands (roughly, i'm recalling from memmory):

Su –

#Introduce your password for root

Ls /usr/local/bin

Rm groovymame