ok I figured out that the system folder is hidden and the following command in a terminal windows makes it visible:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE && killall Finder
and the following command in a terminal makes it invisible again:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE && killall Finder
but now when I try to drag the files to override the files it says that it can't because the file that I'm trying to override is invisible, what am I supposed to do?