Thursday, October 25, 2012

How to Install Google drive Client Insync in Ubuntu / Debian Linux



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Official clints are not available for linux.

 Insync  is an unofficial Google Drive client for Linux, is now available in a repository for Ubuntu and Debian user.

Debian-based distributions

Add Insync as a source
  1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add deb http://apt.insynchq.com/[DISTRIBUTION] [CODENAME] non-free
    Replace [DISTRIBUTION] with your Linux distro: ubuntu, debian
    Replace [CODENAME] with your Linux distro codename: for example Ubuntu 12.04 is precise  eg:
    deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu precise non-free
  2. Run this in a terminal:
    $ wget -O - https://d2t3ff60b2tol4.cloudfront.net/services@insynchq.com.gpg.key \
      | sudo apt-key add -
    $ sudo apt-get update
Ubuntu with Unity (the default desktop)
$ sudo apt-get install insync-beta-ubuntu
Gnome Shell
$ sudo apt-get install insync-beta-gnome

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