Sync Google DRIVE in Linux Using Rclone

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In this video, I'll show you how synchronise your Google Drive in your Debian or Ubuntu based Linux file browser using Rclone and the graphical user interface application, Rclone Browser.
This will enable you to have copies of your Google Drive files on your computer and you'll be able to sync your computer with your Google Drive easily.
I’ll be doing this beginner-friendly walkthrough in MX Linux 21 XFCE but you should still be able to easily follow along regardless of the operating system you use.
IMPORTANT!
Removing the Gnome-Control-Center in Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based systems will also uninstall Ubuntu-Settings.
Mount Google DRIVE in Linux Using Gnome Online Accounts: • Mount Google DRIVE in ...
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►► TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
00:36 Uninstall Gnome Control Center ⤵︎
(only if you are not using GNOME as your desktop environment)
03:49 Install Rclone
06:26 Install Rclone Browser
08:46 Run 'rclone config' using the Rclone Browser
12:48 How to delete folders and files using Rclone Browser
13:39 How to mount Google Drive onto computer
15:31 How to sync your Google Drive with computer
12:43 Credits
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@Mobiledotwww 12 сағат бұрын

I discovered this channel a few days before, and I find the way information is present here very helpful but most importantly, well documented. It's great how complicated tasks are done easily and seemingly effortless. Thak you!

@shaunfedrick4602 Жыл бұрын

Wow this was awesome I was bit intimidated by the long length of the video but every minute was so worth it. Thank you so much.

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@Shaun Fedrick You are so welcome!

@eavssheets7511 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed. Awesome as usual. Thanks!

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@maekloev 9 ай бұрын

Very solid introduction, considering all typical use cases and everyday tasks. I like the hands-on approach, makes me want to jump right into the action. Thanks for sharing!

@StaempunkTV 9 ай бұрын

@maekloev Glad you enjoyed it!

@MariaLuiza-re4wr Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. This was the one thing I missed in Linux and now not anymore. You are very clear as a teacher!

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@user-wd9ii5em3f Thanks for your comment! I'm glad to have helped.

@aarndelwynn3763 Жыл бұрын

Excellent stuff, thanks for the walkthrough!

@Jack-ze9qp 18 күн бұрын

Excelent tutorial. I wish every linux tutorial was like this, the adoption rate would be much higher.

@kristoftabori5471 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, it is a great resource. I wanted to sync a local folder to a shared folder on Google Drive and use the local fodler as a vault in Obisidian. This is exactly what I needed: it's free, you can pull the remote vault and you can push your updates, then everything is visible on other devices synced to the GD as well. A note: it might go without saying, but I was rather puzzled for the first time. If you want to use this to have a local, persisted copy of your GD folder, you only want to create the download and upload tasks. You definitely don't want to mount the remote folder to your local one. Otherwise, your "local files" are going to be gone upon restart.

@StaempunkTV 2 ай бұрын

@kristoftabori5471 Thank you kind sir, your comment is most helpful!

@iPowerFound 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the helpful videos, great quality, easy to follow and helping me out with all my IT hurdles!!!

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@Crroow 10 ай бұрын

Never bothered working with rsync/rclone that much, but lately it's become more relevant when years of configuration and tinkering dispears due to computer failure, whish force me starting over from scratch. I'll shall consider setting this up.

@StaempunkTV 10 ай бұрын

@1blalalalala Ouch, computer failure sux for sure! Thanks for commenting.

@pixelate9980 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Rclone browser really helped a lot more than the termial experience of rclone. It was easier to navigate and explained in a crystal clear way which made quite a difference.

@StaempunkTV 9 ай бұрын

@pixelate9980 Glad it helped and thanks for your comment!

@paulcorps 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Thankyou for sharing, was so easy to follow.

@nb3140 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Very precise and to the point. Like your way of demonstrating things. Quality content.

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@estevegraells 2 ай бұрын

Excellent content and awesome demo, thanks!

@pedrofernandes3203 2 ай бұрын

You're a absolut god, thanks for that. My obsidian is now usable across plataforms

@arnoldwolfstein Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this repo. Thaks a lot for the video.

@CGTAvanzaPozuelo 3 ай бұрын

Terrific! Thanks!

@deusexmachina3496 Жыл бұрын

thank you, did not know there a was a straightforward GUI to rlcone

@ohmedarick1 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video Thank you for sharing your knowledge easy ...

@Andre-ge2my 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you.

@chairman67 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'LL be giving this a go.

@ttby Жыл бұрын

Excellent walkthrough!

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@rdb1 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video. A simple and straightforward introduction to Rclone for new users. Also, it might be interesting to look at in a future video but there's a community spin of MX Linux called AVL-MXE geared towards video and audio recording.

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes I love AVL-MXE. I'm currently using it on a Surface Pro 3 to record the audio for this channel. I've also been using Ubuntu Studio and that's a great OS too.

@gnuPirate 8 ай бұрын

@@StaempunkTV My first GNU/linux OS coming from the Mac world was Ubuntu Studio. Doesn't it come packed with amazing stuff!!! And better overall interface than stock ubuntu, and at about the same install size too, somehow magically. Mind boggling. I've since downsized and am always looking to start small and add what I need as I go.

@HeyDDantas Жыл бұрын

bro, you're awesome. Thank you very much!

@SmartProducts2379 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Excellent explaining video..

@dimaclever4859 5 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@tedlasso2887 11 ай бұрын

Thank You for making this Awesome Tutorial....Really Helped ME as Lot

@StaempunkTV 11 ай бұрын

@tedlasso2887 You are most welcome!

@rossgeography Жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT Tutorial !

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@rozzah2 Cheers!

@karenbuckey1347 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@obsiser 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@rajakegelapan8498 11 ай бұрын

Nice sharing video👍

@StaempunkTV 11 ай бұрын

@rajakegelapan8498 Thank you! Cheers!

@zapy422 Жыл бұрын

thank you so much

@adityabhosale9448 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You So Much ❤ Sir, I was able to mount one drive using rclone

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome!

@JimmySolution 2 жыл бұрын

I like your videos. I also use MX Linux KDE. Recently I have unsubscribed from DistroTube and Chris Titus Tech because they are gibberish talk. But you have useful and in-depth tutorials and videos. Good job sir 👍

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

@ktstech3763 Жыл бұрын

thanks dude

@kenaqshal4058 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, man. you saved my day😁

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@kenaqshal4058 Glad to hear it!

@unklebonehead 2 жыл бұрын

NICE! As a side note the version of rclone-browser you used is in the Ubuntu repos.

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, good to know. Thanks.

@uditkundu5883 Жыл бұрын

Thsi is the video what I need thak you sir.

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

Glad to help.

@AndreKochDre 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm.. Nice! Actually best video iv seen on rclone thus far. I think your next video should be on how the sync can be automated with crontab?

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying! I'll definitely look into your video idea and might create a video on it. I have a few more that I'm working on first but it's on the list of potential vids. Cheers!

@rickbacker1 11 ай бұрын

Good video! Thank you! God bless you!

@StaempunkTV 11 ай бұрын

@rickbacker1 Thanks for watching!

@tarciziomendesjunior4941 10 ай бұрын

Very Good

@StaempunkTV 10 ай бұрын

@tarciziomendesjunior4941 Thanks

@alking7644 Жыл бұрын

u r the mx god

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@alking7644 That would be the developers you are referring to. I am merely an aficionado.

@alopradocai Жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial dude thanks! Only thin I would like to add is that when you remove the gnome-control-center it uninstalls the ubuntu-settings, but that is for ubuntu users of course.

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@alopradocai Thanks. I'll add this info to the video description. Cheers!

@Funkfreed 2 ай бұрын

So you always have to press download or upload just to sync changes? How about for mount unless you unmount it does it automatically reflect changes from drive to pc and vice versa?

@Karla_Finch-Cluff 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the effort of each step! I've used Linux for years but I'm not a power-user [yet!] and I wouldn't have considered checking for forks for newer versions, thank you! Also when your Key-bind combos come up, is that edited in post or is there a program that will announce when you use keyboard shortcuts?

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. The key-bind combos were added in post for the times I didn't say what the combos were.

@Karla_Finch-Cluff 2 жыл бұрын

@@StaempunkTV sorry that I'm replying so late. The posted key-binds are a big help since lots of us starting out into Linux are using the default key-binds. Thank you for the reply, I enjoy your teaching style, also I like your hair!

@danielwilberforce7400 4 күн бұрын

Thanks Staempunk!! FYI...ID of root folder setting is now in advanced config. Once you paste in your URL snippet to that setting, you can keep hitting enter to zoom through the remaining crapload of default configs until it asks you to enter again which the default is no!

@6bOemH2gKz Жыл бұрын

Hi Mr. Staempunk, what does 'delete after transfering' mean? Thanks a lot

@jacekmaolepszy5342 3 күн бұрын

I was too fast. I have problem with open files when i see in file explorer. This is normal ? Can upload and download task do automatically once user change a file ?

@comosaycomosah 5 ай бұрын

has anyone used the gui that is built in or whatnot the browser hasn't been updated in ages

@0xsuperman Жыл бұрын

I have two questions 1) I can't open the files as it says "the lock file could not be created for exclusive access by LibreOffice due to missing permission to create a lock file on that file location or lack of free disk space", why am I seeing this? 2) Am I supposed to manually download all the files I need to interact with? It seems tedious and counter-intuitive

@sagarhp2350 2 жыл бұрын

Nice ., :-):-)

@yudithdewandaputra1808 10 ай бұрын

can u make it as back up tool?? like auto run download sync every month ?

@gnuPirate 8 ай бұрын

Tremendously awesome video. Top presentation, to the point, just great. Would love to see a version where this is all done in the command line, no gui, no rclone browser, and googledrive is mounted to a folder which is navigated to using some terminal file browser like mc, or nnn. ***************************************** PS. You would know better than I do, but I would personally avoid (what appears to me to be) somewhat unvetted github forks. Rclone browser as vetted and approved by debian community pulls straight through apt, and I was able to do everything you described in this video on whatever that stock version is.

@sagarbiswas666 2 жыл бұрын

bro I'm facing copyright issue. On my drive I have movies. Showing me everything except movies how can I solve this ?

@coyoteguy1111 6 ай бұрын

Amazing video! You are excellent at giving simple yet thorough instructions. The setting "Sync: Delete during transfer" wories me a bit. Why not select Copy? Thank you!

@StaempunkTV 6 ай бұрын

@coyoteguy1111 Thanks for saying! The "Sync: Delete during transfer" is explained well here: forum.rclone.org/t/delete-after-and-errors/6171

@w3sp Жыл бұрын

Very informative and detailed video, but still down to the point without unnecessary blabla. Followed this tutorial step by step and it worked like a charm. One question that wasn't addressed: How can I automate the tasks? In an ideal world I wouldn't want to manually execute the Sync Download/Upload tasks in order to sync my offline folder. Can this be automated to run every X minutes when I'm connected to a wifi?

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@w3sp Thanks for the comment! Yes you can automate tasks by creating a cron job for it. There are a few websites that explain how to do it. I plan to create a video about setting up auto syncs to Google Drive in the near future.

@angeljosue3140 10 ай бұрын

Brother, are these files that are deleted after doing, for example, "download from drive" saved somewhere? I accidentally deleted some and I want to know if I can recover them

@StaempunkTV 10 ай бұрын

@angeljosue3140 Sorry to hear that! Have you checked your Bin when you log in to your Google Drive: drive.google.com/drive/u/4/trash

@luclevesquephd 11 ай бұрын

This is an excellent video, thank you. Question: Can you automate the sync function versus creating jobs? It would be great if the files would sync automatically. Thoughts?

@StaempunkTV 11 ай бұрын

@luclevesquephd Thanks for your question. Yes you can configure Rclone to periodically sync by creating a cron job. I'm planning to make a video on how to in the future when I get the time. Cheers!

@luclevesquephd 11 ай бұрын

@@StaempunkTV That would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

@stepheningermany Жыл бұрын

Great video! Is there anyway of combining the offline availability of the files via tasks with the automatic syncing of mount? It seems like it is one or the other: auto sync but lose access when you disconnect, or have offline access but need to manually sync.

@vladislavgrin7122 Жыл бұрын

Did you find the solution?

@stepheningermany Жыл бұрын

@@vladislavgrin7122 No Sorry!

@linuxsing4660 Жыл бұрын

How we install install Online Account on kali linux

@sasuboor Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, to he point and precise Do we have something similar for google photos

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Although I haven't used Rclone for Google photos, it looks like there is that functionality going by this thread: forum.rclone.org/t/google-photos-backup-making-folders-album/26717

@jsizemo Жыл бұрын

One change in rClone, since this video was last made, is that the option for Google Drive is now 18, rather than 17.

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

Thanks, good to know. The developers might have added another sync option which is great. Cheers!

@martantoine9977 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, my google account seems to forbid the use of 3rd party software -_- : when running "rclone mount ......" I get googleapi: Error 403: The domain administrators have disabled Drive apps., domainPolicy

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@martantoine If it is your work account, your google account's administrator may have restricted the ability to utilise the Google Drive API by unchecking 'Allow users to install Google Drive apps' in the 'Data Access' menu.

@cagivasupercity Жыл бұрын

I cant register rclone within Google drive, it seems not possible since end of May 23

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@cagivasupercity I was able to connect one of my other Google Drives today. I'm not sure what your issue might be. What Linux distro are you using?

@k.g.4074 10 ай бұрын

Can you use this to sync your computer to your phone like syncthing?

@StaempunkTV 9 ай бұрын

@k.g.4074 TBH, I haven't tried. I actually use Syncthing because it's so easy to just create a folder on each device to autosync between devices.

@motivation_day_day 4 ай бұрын

nice video, very detailed and useful. thank u. but i need to say this how all these big tech companies ignore linux and we linux users trying to solve very basic tasks with lots of efforts. why there can't be official google drive client for linux ?

@StaempunkTV 4 ай бұрын

@motivation_day_day It will surely happen one day, especially now that Linux has passed 4% of OS market share.

@matteo4134 Жыл бұрын

Hey! I would like to auto sync a specific folder so that both locally and remotely I have the same files. Is there a way to achieve this automatically without having to manually start the upload and download tasks?

@ary2000 Жыл бұрын

Would love to know how to automate that as well. I have not seen an option anywhere. Maybe I just didn't see it. Does anyone know?

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@Matteo To automatically sync you'll probably have to create a cron job. There is a good thread on how to on the Rclone forum although it is from 2019: forum.rclone.org/t/continuous-syncing/12377 There is another promising script on EnigmaCurry's dev blog to do the same thing although I personally haven't thoroughly tested it out yet: blog.rymcg.tech/blog/linux/rclone_sync/

@ary2000 Жыл бұрын

@@StaempunkTV thanks for writing back, I will try that :)

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@Arndt No problem. I would encourage you to perhaps test the autosync scripts on one of your less vital Google Drives as I have read some people having issues with files being accidentally deleted. Hence why I prefer to manually do my syncs.

@cyro.michajlow 2 жыл бұрын

hi! thx for the video. RClone could do the sync task automatically as Drive for Desktop do?

@StaempunkTV 2 жыл бұрын

To auto sync desktop files with Drive, you would be best to create a cron job. This video is more of an easy introduction to using Rclone and Rclone Browser with Google Drive. Thanks for the question!

@AndreKochDre 2 жыл бұрын

@@StaempunkTV possible to share the commands that needs to be added to crontab? Specifically the upload command. TIA

@cyro.michajlow 2 жыл бұрын

@@AndreKochDre if u set up the upload task in rclone browser, in "jobs" tab, u have 2 icons, one for cancel the task and other to copy the command to the clipboard. so, copy the command and configure the crontab task with it

@jacekmaolepszy5342 4 күн бұрын

RClone alone is working also fine with (in my case PCManFM-Qt). Fu....k the google-drive-ocamlfuse, i spend 4h with this trying to set up, with not succerss. RClone works as is should work. Thx !

@dagamusik Жыл бұрын

Is there any option within Rclone to schedule tasks?

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@dagamusik There is. You could create a cronjob to do this. forum.rclone.org/search?q=rClone%20Scheduling

@dagamusik Жыл бұрын

@@StaempunkTV thanks! you explained rclone very well 🤘

@dens4t Жыл бұрын

What password manager do you use in ur browser?

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

I'm using Bitwarden which is brilliant. I even made a video about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z6t2hZyG3Nm9cX0.html

@dens4t Жыл бұрын

@@StaempunkTV Thanks for the answer, I will looked it.. Thanks again

@BGdev305 Жыл бұрын

What about mounting google drive to a linux SERVER?

@StaempunkTV Жыл бұрын

@BG I haven't actually used Rclone on a linux server so you would probably be best to consult the Rclone website for help. I have read that some people use google-drive-ocamlfuse to mount their Google Drives onto their servers. eg. www.infiflex.com/how-to-mount-google-drive-as-a-disk-on-a-linux-server

@joseguerrero1603 Жыл бұрын

hi! how can i do it in win 10?

@StaempunkTV 11 ай бұрын

@joseguerrero1603 This page from the Rclone forum is about that very thing: forum.rclone.org/t/how-to-install-rclone-on-windows-10/11928

@raphaelkyembe4407 21 күн бұрын

I will continue with Dropbox

@Teknoify 6 ай бұрын

Until this point, i rather stay on windows 10

@muzafferturhan 11 ай бұрын

This is really helpful 🫡

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