You can either open it from the ‘Terminal’ by typing ‘ gnome-control-center’, or you can even open it by going to the ‘ Apps’ icon on your desktop. Once the download is finished, you will get the following output.
#Install google drive backup install
Step 2: Downloaded and install Gnome Control centreĪs gnome control centre will be downloaded and install, it might take some time depending upon the speed of your system and network. You will get a message about whether to download the content or not. I will be showing this tutorial on Ubuntu Linux which is no doubt the most popular distribution of Linux, liked by many. To get Google Drive for Linux and Ubuntu, you will just need a single command. You will have to tinker around with the Linux command line, but trust me, it will be short. You will be able to access Google Drive as a network drive, which means you can save files directly to it, or open a file from it with minimum hassles. But in spite of the unavailability of the official app, you can use Google Drive for Linux Mint or can use Google Backup and Sync on Linux quite effortlessly with the Google Drive API on Linux, with the help of Gnome.
That is a deal breaker for most users who want to ditch Windows and move to Linux. You can even download Google Drive on your smartphone and PC to sync files easily on the cloud and access it from everywhere, without the need of opening Google Drive on the web and upload or download them manually.īut in spite of Google Drive being such a mature cloud storage platform, the unavailability of the Google Drive app on Linux is a big drawback. Multiple options are available for choosing the most appropriate cloud storage, but Google is the favourite for most users, as a single account can give you access to almost everything from the most reliable search results to mail services, which even include the Play Store, and some nifty other services like Google Keep, Google Docs, and what not. Cloud storage is really one of the safest and efficient ways of storing numerous files.
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