Step-by-step – Rclone Browser Ubuntu 16.04 Installation Guide

January 31, 2020 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 16.04 Install Rclone Browser – Quick-Start Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Rclone Browser in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS GNU/Linux.

And Rclone Browser for Ubuntu Xenial is a Simple and Open Source GUI for Rclone Command Line Tool.

Especially relevant is how Rclone Browser is supporting All the major Computing Platforms: GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows.

The Rclone Browser Features list:

Allows to browse and modify any rclone remote, including encrypted ones
Uses same configuration file as rclone, no extra configuration required
Supports custom location and encryption for rclone.conf configuration file
Simultaneously navigate multiple repositories in separate tabs
Lists files hierarchically with file name, size and modify date
All rclone commands are executed asynchronously, no freezing GUI
File hierarchy is lazily cached in memory, for faster traversal of folders
Allows to upload, download, create new folders, rename or delete files and folders
Allows calculating size of folder, export list of files and copy rclone command to clipboard
Can process multiple upload or download jobs in background
Drag & drop support for dragging files from local file explorer for uploading
Streaming media files for playback in player like vlc or similar
Mount and unmount folders on macOS, GNU/Linux and Windows (for Windows requires winfsp and for mac fuse for macOS)
Optionally minimizes to tray, with notifications when upload/download finishes
Supports portable mode (create .ini file next to executable with same name), rclone and rclone.conf path now can be relative to executable
Supports drive-shared-with-me (Google Drive specific)
For remotes supporting public link sharing has an option (right-click menu) to fetch it
Supports tasks. Created jobs can be saved and run or edited later.
Configurable dark mode for all systems

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions about to Getting-Started with Rclone Browser on Ubuntu.

1. Launching Shell Emulator

Open a Terminal window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).
2. Installing AppImageLauncher

How to Install AppImageLauncher in Ubuntu

AppImageLauncher Ubuntu Setup Guide

The AppImage is Not Verified so to Run it Securely in a Sandbox see: Firejail Setup.
AppImageLauncher Ubuntu Installation Tutorial.
The Setup grant the AppImages integration but is Not Required because you can simply Grab and Run the AppImage as is.