Combination of unofficial Google Drive and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Combination of unofficial Google Drive and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Google has not released an official Linux client for accessing its drive from Ubuntu. However, the open-source community has developed unofficial software packages 'grive-tools '.

Grive is the GNU/Linux System Client of Google Drive (online storage service). It allows you to synchronize selected directories to the cloud and upload new files to Google Drive.

Install grive-tools

Step: 1. Use the following command to add grive-tools PPA:

1. # Sudo add-apt-repository ppa: thefanclub/grive-tools

Step: 2. Update the list

1. # Sudo apt-get update

Step 3 install grive-tools

1. # Sudo apt-get install grive-tools

Steps to access Google Drive

Step: 1. After installation, enter Grive to search for the application in Unity Dash and open it.

Step 2: log on to google drive and you will be asked about the permission to access google drive.

Click Next to open the Google login page in the new browser.

Log on to your Google account and click "accept", as shown below:

Step 3: copy and paste the google Code to the Grive setting box.

After you click Next, you will start synchronizing google drive to the 'Google Drive 'folder under your home directory. The following window appears.

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