How to Install Google Drive on Debian Stretch 9 Linux Easy Guide

April 20, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Google Drive Client Debian 9 Installation Guide

Hello Linux user! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Google Drive Docs Sync Client on Debian Stretch 9 GNU/Linux GNOME/Xfce/Lxde/Mate/Cinnamon/KDE Desktop.

And Google Drive on Debian 9 is ported by the strong>google-drive-ocamlfuse, a FUSE filesystem for Google Drive written in OCaml.

Moreover, the Google Drive Features:

Powerful Search: Recognizing Objects in Images and Text in Scanned Docs!
View Anything: View Over 31 File Types right in your Browser.
Work Offline: you can turn on Google Drive Offline to Create and Edit.
Chat, Discuss & Mentions: Add a “+” in front of an email address in a comment and Drive will send them an email so they know to follow up.
Go back in time with Revision History: Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides automatically save and track every change you make, forever.

Especially relevant: CURRENTLY THIS CLIENT IS NOT SUPPORTING THE GOOGLE DRIVE POLICIES.

So instead you may see: RClone Browser Installation Guide.

Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

How to Install Google Drive Client for Debian

Google Drive OcamlFuse Setup

Google Drive Ocamlfuse Install on Debian

Authenticate google-drive-ocamlfuse with your Google account
By simply running:
```
google-drive-ocamlfuse
```
And then following the Instructions on Browser:
Create a New Directory
Where you want the Google Drive to be mounted:
```
mkdir ~/gdrive
```
This create a new gdrive directory in your home directory.

Check if Tool is in the Path.

which google-drive-ocamlfuse

If not then:

echo "export PATH=/home/[MYUSER]/.opam/system/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

Then to refresh the Path:

bash

Mount Google Drive.
```
google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/gdrive
```
On Non GNOME Desktops Install Nautilus.
```
sudo apt install nautilus
```
Then you can Access Stuff also from the Nautilus File Manager.
```
nautilus
```
To Mount Google Drive on System StartUp
Execute:
```
echo "/home/[MYUSER]/.opam/system/bin/google-drive-ocamlfuse 
~/gdrive" > ~/.bash_profile
```
It will Append the Command into the .bash_profile File…