![]() Perhaps this will just give you an idea of what is involved. It is so simple, this whole section just might be a waste of time. When you initially run Insync, you are going to be presented with a nice Welcome screen that will guide you in the process of getting you started. The installation is complete and now you can now begin syncing your files with Google or Microsoft, whatever you need to do to be more productive in your day-to-day Linux life. I have chosen the insync-dolphin option but you can choose what suits your desktop best. Like the suggestion in the Leap instructions, you can install a service menu entry with your file manager. Next add the repository and call it “Insync” sudo zypper ar -f Insync □Īs per the instructions from the Insync site, you are recommended to import the public GPG key used to sign the RPMs. ![]() I am not going to give the instructions with pictures with this step by step, its basically the same as above and my guess is, most Tumbleweed users don’t NEED pictures. ![]() If, by any chance, you run another file manager besides Dolphin, take your pick and add that too. sudo zypper install insyncįor more options, here is what YaST software shows me as available. In my case I installed the dolphin service menu addon but there are other file managers supported. sudo zypper refreshįinally, install the application and optionally, the service menu of choice. Once the repository has been added, you will need to refresh the repositories. Next add the repository and call it “Insync” 15.3 sudo zypper ar -f Insync 15.2 sudo zypper ar -f Insync These are specific instructions for 15.2, and 15.3Īs per the instructions from the Insync site, you are recommended to import the public GPG key used to sign the RPMs. This will require you to use the terminal so open up that Konsole, Cool-Retro-Term or whatever application floats your terminal boat. Unfortunately, no one has taken the time to show how to do this elsewhere so here is my set of directions that I have verified and use regularly. Sure, it does add a few seconds to the repository refresh time on the occasion but you will continue to have an up-to-date version of Insync. ![]() This would be my preferred method of setting up Insync on my system. Then you are complete, but you will have to do this manual installation with every new version, or, if you are like me and you don’t think about it you will go many, many, many versions before something breaks and you have to upgrade. Sometimes Discover will likely fall on its face with the signature certificate. I HIGHLY recommend you use the YaST Software option. Navigate to whatever folder they were downloaded into and install it using the the service menu option. Tumbleweedĭownload and install the Fedora 30 version. Leapĭownload and install the Fedora 27 version. The version is dependent on which version of openSUSE you are running. Navigate to this page and download the Fedora version. This is not the recommended method but it does work and is probably a bit easier to do. This is the method I have been using up until a few months ago. I highly recommend you choose the “configure the repositories” method for a better experience. The, the other and better method will be to configure the repositories so that updates are automatic. One is the download and install method, what I have previously been using. There are two ways I am going to cover here. It’s not free software, but there is a free trial to give you an opportunity to take this application for a spin.įree Trial of Insync with affiliate Link Installation So, here is my latest list of instructions on how to get going with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive sync on openSUSE. I was unable to point the requestor a proper solution. I have previously written about my Insync experience and continue to use Insync but recently, I received a question about installing Insync on openSUSE Leap and I realized that the documentation on the InsyncHQ site has some missing bits of information. Insync is an application I have been using since about 2013 to make my Google Drive files available to me on my Linux Desktop.
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