Cannot access the main drive

[Immer]

Hi All ,

I'm really new to Linux , have less than a week experience but I'm trying to learn hard . I installed CentOS and i kept everything as default and it works fine .

Then i tried to download LibreOffice and tried to extract it , but then i found that FireFox downloading and using the "File System" drive which is so small in size ..... Although have different drives like 50GB but every time i click on this 50GB drive i get a message saying no access .

why is that ?

should i login as root ?

Thanks

 

[Rob]

Hey there - welcome to the site!

In CentOS you should be able to install LibreOffice by typing (as root):

yum install libreoffice

Or, if you're currently a regular user, use sudo:

sudo yum install libreoffice

(and it will ask you for the sudo password)

I'm thinking you're trying to download/extract the package you downloaded to somewhere outside of your home directory, which as a regular user, is the only spot you can write to (other than /tmp depending on your setup).

Rob

 

[Immer]

I installed it using Yum as you suggested but I'm still trying to be able to copy and paste any files i want to any drives ...... how i can do that by the terminal or even by the GUI ?

how i can login to the GUI by root ?