How to Access Google Drive in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Google Drive in Ubuntu desktop can accessed either by nautilus or overGrive. OverGrive is a Linux based Google drive desktop client through which we can mount or access our Google drive on our Ubuntu desktop.

OverGrive is a commercial software and its license cost is around $ 4.99 , though we can use this tool for 14 days on trail version.

Accessing Google drive via nautilus is absolutely free. In Ubuntu 16.04 nautilus-3.18 is included which has the ability to integrate Google and other online accounts.

In this article we will demonstrate how to access Google drive using nautilus and overgrive tool in Ubuntu 16.04.

Following are the steps to access Google Drive using nautilus. Step:1 Install ‘Gnome Online Account’ package

Open the terminal and run following apt command.

[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install gnome-online-accounts

Step:2 Access and Configure Online Account

Execute the following command from the terminal

[email protected]:~$ gnome-control-center online-accounts

Select Google account

Specify the Google account credentials.

Click on Allow to authorize Ubuntu nautilus to access your Google account.

Step:3 Now Access Google drive using nautilus.

Following are the steps to access Google drive using overGrive. Step:1 Download overGrive Debian package.

Overgrive package is not listed in Ubuntu 16.04 repositories. So we will download its package from its official site https://www.thefanclub.co.za/overgrive

We can also use beneath command to download overgrive Debian package from command line.

[email protected]:~$ wget https://www.thefanclub.co.za/sites/default/files/public/overgrive/overgrive_3.1.9_all.deb

Step:2 Install overgrive package.

[email protected]:~$ sudo dpkg -i overgrive_3.1.9_all.deb

We will get the dependency error while installing the overgrive package, error is shown below.

To resolve dependency errors execute the following apt command.

[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install -f

Step:3 Access and configure overgrive

Click on overGrive icon

Click on OK to proceed with setup.

Click on ‘Connect account’ to proceed further. A web browser will open, enter your Gmail id credentials.

Click on ‘Allow’ option to authorize overGrive to access your Google drive.

Copy the code as shown in below window and paste it in ‘Account section’ in overgrive window.

Click on ‘Validate’

click on ‘Start Sync’

As we can see that data of Google drive is synced with system local folder ‘Google Drive’. That’s it, hope you like the article.