#Accidentally overwrote my /usr/local folder and dont know how to get it back as it was

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nocturne sky Mar 15, 2025, 7:28 PM

So I was trying to install android studio, and one of the steps is to extract a tar.gz in the /usr/local folder. I first tried to move it to that folder with the command sudo mv /home/myname/android-studio-2024.3.1.13-linux.tar.gz /usr/local/*

and now my /usr/local folder only has in it a "src" folder, the contents of that tar.gz.

wintry willow Mar 15, 2025, 7:58 PM

boot live usb, then copy everything back using root file manager.

and please please dont use terminal for mv or delete commands. use root file manager instead if absolutely having to mess around outside of home folder..

or restore a timeshift snapshot if u have one