The good news is that you can now use an unofficial tool that lets you use OneDrive in Ubuntu or other Linux distributions. Insync is a quite popular premium third-party sync tool when it comes to Google Drive cloud storage management on Linux. We already have a detailed review of Insync with Google Drive support for that matter. It supports personal Google Drive accounts as well as GSuite Drive accounts, including support for Team Drives. It securely connects to the Google Drive API and transparently supports ADFS and 2FA. Download ExpanDrive for Ubuntu Download ExpanDrive for Linux v7.6.5 Released October 13th, 2020 Installation Instructions Desktop based installations. Google Drive is nice cloud storage which provide document editing features. However, it does not yet provide a Linux client. I find a good third party tool that works with Google Drive on Linux very well: google-drive-ocamlfuse. You deserve the cloud database that's built to adapt. Linux users don't need a Google Drive client. Windows users do. The Linux community’s attitude is the biggest reason it is still not being adopted on desktops at a relevant rate. Even in posts that have nothing to do with Windows you’re finding ways to remind yourself how superior you are. To create a new directory in your Google Drive, use the following command./gdrive-linux-386 mkdir directory-name Of course, you can create a new directory and then use its ID to upload a file to it. Finally, you can use the following command to download a file from your Google Drive account to your system./gdrive-linux-386 download file-name.
It’s 2020 and ExpanDrive is #1 Google Drive client on Ubuntu Linux. Google still has no Linux client for Google Drive and doesn’t have plans for one. If you’re on Ubuntu and want to connect to Drive, thankfully you have a few good options.
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On Ubuntu there a few different options for connecting to Google Drive. If you are only interested in connecting via the Gnome File Browser GUI, you can add Google Drive and other cloud storage services using the Online Accounts Feature. If you want filesystem access there are projects like like google-drive-ocamlfuse or gcsf, but are definitely designed for the more technical user.
ExpanDrive is a Google Drive client for Ubuntu that has both filesystem-level mounted access through a fast network drive as well as a full featured ftp-style browser and uploader. It includes advanced features such as offline sync, background synchronization and many other powerful improvements over a standard network drive.
As of early 2020 ExpanDrive is now also shipping a Server Edition for Linux (and Windows) servers, designed to run in headless environments.
Mounting Google Drive on Ubuntu
ExpanDrive has been available on Mac and Windows for over 10 years and has a few million users. In 2019 version 7 was released and added support for a wide variety of Linux distributions including Ubuntu, Red Hat, Linux Mint, CentOS, Debian and most other popular distributions.
ExpanDrive providers a variety of powerful features such as multi-threaded background uploads, a full graphical user interface to facilitate bulk transfer, integrated search and version management along with much more. The main product page goes into detail on many of these features.
It supports personal Google Drive accounts as well as GSuite Drive accounts, including support for Team Drives. It securely connects to the Google Drive API and transparently supports ADFS and 2FA.
Download ExpanDrive for Ubuntu
Released October 13th, 2020
Installation Instructions
Desktop based installations
ExpanDrive ships primarily as a desktop app with a user interface for advanced configuration and management. We also have a server edition that runs headless for Windows and Linux Servers.
Debian and Ubuntu based desktop distributions
For Debian and Ubuntu based distributions the easiest way to get started is to download and install the latest .deb package (64 bit), either through the graphical installer or via the command-line with the following command.
Installing the .deb will also automatically install the apt repository and code signing key to enable easy update using the system package manager.
You can install the repository and key manually with the following script
Then you update the package cache and install ExpanDrive using:
RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS based desktop distributions
Download our latest .rpm package (64-bit) and use yum to install ExpanDrive and the required dependencies.
Installing the .rpm will also automatically configure the yum repository and code signing key to enable easy update using the system package manager.
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You can install the yum repo manually using the following script:
Then update your package cache and install Expandrive using dnf (Fedora 22 and above):
or using yum
Server/Headless Edition
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Head over to our ExpanDrive Server Edition page for instructions and packages for Windows and Linux servers. ExpanDrive Server edition is designed to run unattended, at boot [versus login], and provides drives that can even be re-shared on the network.
Amazing Reviews
“ExpanDrive lets you mount remote sftp drives and it actually works! I.e. no long delays or dropped connection in the middle of a save.”
Allan Odgaard, TextMate
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“My first impression after reading ExpanDrive’s promotional description last week was that it sounded too good to be true. One week later, I’m pretty sure it actually is that good.”
John Gruber, Daring Fireball
ExpanDrive connects your files as a fast network drive and accesses all of your data on demand. You can browse and open any file from within your file manager or from the command-line. ExpanDrive builds native access to Google Drive into Linux.