Mount Google Drive on Your Linux Computer with Rclone

Mounting Google Drive on your Linux computer is a game-changer for anyone who uses Google Drive regularly.

Rclone is a powerful tool that allows you to mount Google Drive as a network drive on your Linux computer. Rclone supports over 40 cloud storage services, including Google Drive.

To get started with Rclone, you'll need to install it on your Linux computer. The installation process is straightforward, and you can follow the instructions in the Rclone documentation.

Once Rclone is installed, you can use the command `rclone config` to set up your Google Drive account. This will prompt you to enter your Google Drive credentials and choose the folder you want to mount.

rclone is a command-line tool for working with various cloud storage services, including Google Drive. You can get it through your package manager without adding a PPA.

To install rclone, you can use your package manager. It's available for several Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE.

Once installed, you can configure rclone to mount your Google Drive as a virtual file system. To do this, you'll need to enter n for "New remote" and then follow the prompts to authenticate with your Google account.

Here are the steps to configure rclone:

Note that rclone has been available since 2015, and it's one of the most popular tools for mounting Google Drive on Linux.

You can use Ocamlfuse to mount your Google Drive on Linux, allowing you to access your files and folders through the command line or a traditional GUI file manager like Nautilus.

This tool provides full read/write access to ordinary files and folders, read-only access to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and multiple account support.

To get started, you'll need to run the app from the command line, which will create the necessary config files and folders to mount your Google Drive account.

You'll then need to sign in with your Google username and password and grant the utility permission to access your files and folders.

Once you've authorized access, create an empty folder to mount Google Drive on your system.

To mount Google Drive, run the command `google-drive-ocamlfuse -d /path/to/mount/folder`, replacing `/path/to/mount/folder` with the actual path to the folder you created.

You can then access your Google Drive files and folders through your file manager, such as Nautilus.

When you're finished editing or copying files, you can unmount the fuse filesystem with the command `fusermount -u /path/to/mount/folder`.

Here are the key features of Ocamlfuse:

To get the most out of mounting your Google Drive, you need to know about the various options and configuration available.

You can find more details on installation, authorisation, and advanced usage by checking out the official wiki.

To see the various arguments and flags you can use, simply run google-drive-ocamlfuse --help from the command line.

The official wiki is a treasure trove of information, so be sure to check it out for more in-depth knowledge.

Installing OCamlFuse is a straightforward process. You can install it on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and up by using the dedicated PPA. This means you'll need to add a repository to your system before you can install the software.

To add the PPA, you'll need to run a command in the terminal. If you're using Ubuntu 18.04, you can install it by running the following command in the terminal: `sudo apt-add-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/google-drive-ocamlfuse`. This will add the repository to your system.

Alternatively, you can install it on Arch Linux by installing it from the AUR (Arch User Repository). This will give you access to the software and allow you to install it on your system.

Once you've added the repository, you can install OCamlFuse using the following command: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-drive-ocamlfuse`. This will download and install the software on your system.