Google Drive Ocamlfuse is a FUSE-based file system powered by Google Drive. It lets you mount your Google Drive on Linux so that you can access your files and folders, either via the command line or through a traditional GUI file manager, like Nautilus, Nemo or Caja.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Google Drive Ocamlfuse on a Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server.
Install Google Drive Ocamlfuse on Ubuntu 16.04
Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Installing Google Drive Ocamlfuse.
Run the following commands in Terminal to install Google Drive Ocamlfuse:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install google-drive-ocamlfuse
Once installed complete you can go ahead and set up the app to work with your Google Drive account. While there isn’t a fancy-pants GUI front-end for setting things up don’t feel put. GDO is super simple to use via the CLI:
google-drive-ocamlfuse
It will open a new tab in your browser asking you to grant it permission to view and manage the files in your Google Drive. Click Allow:
Step 3. Mount Your Google Drive.
First, create a mount point for your Google Drive, such as ~/google-drive:
mkdir ~/google-drive google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/google-drive/
If you have more than one account, you can run:
google-drive-ocamlfuse -label label [mountpoint]
Step 4. Unmount Google Drive:
To unmount the filesystem, run this command:
fusermount -u ~/google-drive
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Google Drive. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Google Drive Ocamlfuse on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Google Drive web site.