Instructions Rename the folder "local" to ".local" and move it to your $HOME. The path would look something like /home/<user>/.local. The command to do so right from the current directory would be: mv ./local ./.local && cp -r ./.local ~/ Give execute permissions to the script chmod +x ./usr/local/bin/archiveFiles.sh As root, copy the "usr" folder to root ("/") sudo cp -r ./usr /