So, like I said, I tried installing a program (Stata) and I was following the instructions on how to do it since I'm extremely new to Linux and all of a sudden all my folders/files disappeared and I can't access any of them.
I've tried using the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs command but it says permission denied so I'm lost.
Here are the commands I typed in or attempted to type in via the instructions:
1.- Unzip the file Stata12_Linux
2.- Unzip all the files inside Stata12_Linux/linux.64 or Stata12_Linux/linux.32 folder
3.- Now from terminal:
cd YOUR_PATH/Stata12_Linux/linux.32/
or
cd YOUR_PATH/Stata12_Linux/linux.64/
4.- sudo mkdir /usr/local/stata12/
5.- sudo mv * /usr/local/stata12/
6.- cd /usr/local/stata12/
7.- sudo chmod -R 755 .
8.- sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview-3.0-common
9.- sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-
1.0.so.0
10.- sudo apt-get install libgnomeprint2.2-0
11.- sudo cp base/* .
12.- sudo cp bins/stinit .
13.- sudo sh setrwxp now
14.- sudo gedit stata.lic
Inside stata.lic file add the following line:
93611859953!m2bf axet 8n $ c q19i mrw0 59e7 1qi!6ym4!USERNAME!INSTITUTION!1308!
15.- After stata.lic is saved. You should be able to start stata by running
./bins/xstata
Here's the ls output
~$ la ~/ && ls /usr/local/stata12/
.bash_history .dbus .gnupg .sudo_as_admin_successful
.bash_logout .dmrc .hplip .thumbnails
.bashrc .gconf .ICEauthority .thunderbird
.cache .gimp-2.8 .local .tixati
.cinnamon .gnome .mozilla .Xauthority
.compiz .gnome2 .pki .xsession-errors
.config .gnome2_private .profile .xsession-errors.old
Desktop examples.desktop Public tixati_2.38-1_amd64.deb
Documents Music stata.lic tixati_2.38-1_amd64.deb.1
Downloads Pictures Templates Videos
/usr/local/stata12/
?ls ~/ && ls /usr/local/stata12/
? That is a one liner that will help us to see what has happened to your files. Use the copy and paste command to get it exact.