Google introduced Google Drive on April 24, 2012 and promised Linux support “coming soon.” That was nearly two and a half years ago. There’s now a somewhat “official” Google Drive client for Linux, but it’s probably not what you want.
Google has continued to affirm that they’re “still working on it” for the last few years. Google does use Linux internally, so it’s no surprise there’s a solution created by a Google Drive developer.
Grive is a Google Drive (online storage service) client for GNU/Linux systems.It allows the synchronization of all your files on the cloud with a directory of your choice and the upload of new files to Google Drive.
Installation Steps of grive-tools
Step:1 Add grive-tools PPA using below Command :
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thefanclub/grive-tools
Step:2 Update the list
$ sudo apt-get update
Step:3 Install grive-tools
$ sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Steps to Access Google Drive
Step:1 Once the installation is completed , search the application on the Unity Dash by typing Grive, and open it.
![Google Drive [Grive] Setup on Ubuntu](https://i0.wp.com/cdn.dothisbest.com/files/grive-setup-on-ubuntu.png?resize=736%2C356 "How to install Google Drive on Ubuntu [Updated] 1")
When we click on Next, a new broswer will open with Google login page
Log in to your Google Account and Click on Accept , as shown below :
Step:3 You will be provided a google code , copy this code and paste it into the Grive Setup box.
When we Click on Next , it will start syncing your google drive with ‘ Google Drive‘ folder under your’s home directory. Below window will appear when the installation is completed.
After complete installation Google Drive Folder is created under user’s Home Directory
Gosh there’s a ton of dependancies
at binutils-dev cmake cmake-data comerr-dev dctrl-tools debhelper devscripts
dh-apparmor dh-make distro-info-data dput expect gksu grive grive-tools
krb5-multidev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-filesystem1.54-dev
libboost-filesystem1.54.0 libboost-program-options-dev
libboost-program-options1.54-dev libboost-program-options1.54.0
libboost-system1.54-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-test1.54-dev
libboost-test1.54.0 libboost1.54-dev libcommon-sense-perl
libcurl4-openssl-dev libdistro-info-perl libencode-locale-perl libexpat1-dev
libexporter-lite-perl libfile-listing-perl libfont-afm-perl libgcrypt11-dev
libgksu2-0 libgnutls-dev libgnutlsxx27 libgpg-error-dev libgssrpc4
libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl
libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-negotiate-perl libidn11-dev libio-html-perl libio-stringy-perl
libjson-c-dev libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libjson0-dev libkadm5clnt-mit9
libkadm5srv-mit9 libkdb5-7 libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev liblwp-mediatypes-perl
liblwp-protocol-https-perl libmail-sendmail-perl libnet-http-perl
libp11-kit-dev libparse-debcontrol-perl librtmp-dev
libsys-hostname-long-perl libtasn1-6-dev libtie-ixhash-perl libwww-perl
libwww-robotrules-perl libyajl-dev po-debconf python-pyinotify python3-magic
wdiff
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Gosh there’s a ton of dependancies
at binutils-dev cmake cmake-data comerr-dev dctrl-tools debhelper devscripts
dh-apparmor dh-make distro-info-data dput expect gksu grive grive-tools
krb5-multidev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-filesystem1.54-dev
libboost-filesystem1.54.0 libboost-program-options-dev
libboost-program-options1.54-dev libboost-program-options1.54.0
libboost-system1.54-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-test1.54-dev
libboost-test1.54.0 libboost1.54-dev libcommon-sense-perl
libcurl4-openssl-dev libdistro-info-perl libencode-locale-perl libexpat1-dev
libexporter-lite-perl libfile-listing-perl libfont-afm-perl libgcrypt11-dev
libgksu2-0 libgnutls-dev libgnutlsxx27 libgpg-error-dev libgssrpc4
libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl
libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-negotiate-perl libidn11-dev libio-html-perl libio-stringy-perl
libjson-c-dev libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libjson0-dev libkadm5clnt-mit9
libkadm5srv-mit9 libkdb5-7 libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev liblwp-mediatypes-perl
liblwp-protocol-https-perl libmail-sendmail-perl libnet-http-perl
libp11-kit-dev libparse-debcontrol-perl librtmp-dev
libsys-hostname-long-perl libtasn1-6-dev libtie-ixhash-perl libwww-perl
libwww-robotrules-perl libyajl-dev po-debconf python-pyinotify python3-magic
wdiff
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Can you have more than one google drive account in Ubuntu? I’m using Ubuntu 14.10 amd64
Can you have more than one google drive account in Ubuntu? I’m using Ubuntu 14.10 amd64
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grive-tools : Depends: grive (>= 0.3) but 0.2.0-1.1 is to be installed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grive-tools : Depends: grive (>= 0.3) but 0.2.0-1.1 is to be installed
Same issues for me. 14.04 and XFCE4
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En mas de una ocasión probablemente se habrá sufrido el error “No se pudo bloquear el directorio de administración (/var/lib/dpkg/), ¿quizás haya algún otro proceso utilizándolo” en Ubuntu, pues bien la solución es muy simple.
ubuntu-mir-logoPara eliminar este dicho error, simplemente abrimos la terminal y colocamos lo siguiente:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
(Click enter y luego se coloca)
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
(y click en enter)
Con esto habremos salido del dichoso error molesto de por sí.
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En mas de una ocasión probablemente se habrá sufrido el error “No se pudo bloquear el directorio de administración (/var/lib/dpkg/), ¿quizás haya algún otro proceso utilizándolo” en Ubuntu, pues bien la solución es muy simple.
ubuntu-mir-logoPara eliminar este dicho error, simplemente abrimos la terminal y colocamos lo siguiente:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
(Click enter y luego se coloca)
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
(y click en enter)
Con esto habremos salido del dichoso error molesto de por sí.
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Hallo Leider funktioniert meine Installation nicht. Im Terminal steht>
root@ubuntu5-ThinkPad-X301:~# sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen…. Fertig
Einige Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Das kann bedeuten, dass
Sie eine unmögliche Situation angefordert haben oder, wenn Sie die
Unstable-Distribution verwenden, dass einige erforderliche Pakete noch
nicht erstellt wurden oder Incoming noch nicht verlassen haben.
Die folgenden Informationen helfen Ihnen vielleicht, die Situation zu lösen:
Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
grive-tools : Hängt ab von: grive (>= 0.3) aber 0.2.0-1.1 soll installiert werden
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.
Bitte um Hilfe
Hallo Leider funktioniert meine Installation nicht. Im Terminal steht>
root@ubuntu5-ThinkPad-X301:~# sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen…. Fertig
Einige Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Das kann bedeuten, dass
Sie eine unmögliche Situation angefordert haben oder, wenn Sie die
Unstable-Distribution verwenden, dass einige erforderliche Pakete noch
nicht erstellt wurden oder Incoming noch nicht verlassen haben.
Die folgenden Informationen helfen Ihnen vielleicht, die Situation zu lösen:
Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
grive-tools : Hängt ab von: grive (>= 0.3) aber 0.2.0-1.1 soll installiert werden
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.
Bitte um Hilfe
Please visit our new tutorial on How to install Google Drive Grive2 on Ubuntu http://dothisbest.com/how-to/install-google-drive-grive2-on-ubuntu
Hallo Leider funktioniert meine Installation nicht. Im Terminal steht>
root@ubuntu5-ThinkPad-X301:~# sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut.
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen…. Fertig
Einige Pakete konnten nicht installiert werden. Das kann bedeuten, dass
Sie eine unmögliche Situation angefordert haben oder, wenn Sie die
Unstable-Distribution verwenden, dass einige erforderliche Pakete noch
nicht erstellt wurden oder Incoming noch nicht verlassen haben.
Die folgenden Informationen helfen Ihnen vielleicht, die Situation zu lösen:
Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
grive-tools : Hängt ab von: grive (>= 0.3) aber 0.2.0-1.1 soll installiert werden
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.
Bitte um Hilfe
Please visit our new tutorial on How to install Google Drive Grive2 on Ubuntu http://dothisbest.com/how-to/install-google-drive-grive2-on-ubuntu
Thank you, that’s what I needed!
Thank you, that’s what I needed!
Thank you, that’s what I needed!
It dies NOT work.
I have tried the procedure described above, many times, always wit the same result…..
” W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ – Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ – Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grive-tools : Depends: grive (>= 0.3) but 0.2.0-1.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ”
ANY OTHER IDEAS?????
It dies NOT work.
I have tried the procedure described above, many times, always wit the same result…..
” W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ – Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ – Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install grive-tools
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grive-tools : Depends: grive (>= 0.3) but 0.2.0-1.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ”
ANY OTHER IDEAS?????
Please visit our new tutorial on How to install Google Drive Grive2 on Ubuntu http://dothisbest.com/how-to/install-google-drive-grive2-on-ubuntu
Hi
I followed this guide but unfortunately got problem from Wily xubuntu 15.10
it always alert “404 not found”
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
May be you didn’t support grive tools on Wily version
Please help
Thanks
An,
Hi
I followed this guide but unfortunately got problem from Wily xubuntu 15.10
it always alert “404 not found”
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/thefanclub/grive-tools/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
May be you didn’t support grive tools on Wily version
Please help
Thanks
An,
Hello
I followed this guide but failed on Wily Wolf Xubuntu 15.10
It always alert 404 Not found when sudo apt-get update
An,
Hello
I followed this guide but failed on Wily Wolf Xubuntu 15.10
It always alert 404 Not found when sudo apt-get update
An,