How to Getting Started With OneDrive Client on Gnu/Linux

GNU/Linux OneDrive Client Getting Started Guide

Hi! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Install and Get Started with OneDrive Client Abraunegg in GNU/Linux Desktops.

And this powerful and highly configurable OneDrive Client can run on all major Linux distributions, FreeBSD, or as a Docker container.

It supports one-way and two-way sync capabilities and securely connects to Microsoft OneDrive services.

The main Features are:

• State caching
• Real-Time local file monitoring with inotify
• Real-Time syncing of remote updates via webhooks
• File upload / download validation to ensure data integrity
• Resumable uploads
• Support OneDrive for Business (part of Office 365)
• Shared Folder support for OneDrive Personal and OneDrive Business accounts
• SharePoint / Office365 Shared Libraries
• Desktop notifications via libnotify
• Dry-run capability to test configuration changes
• Prevent major OneDrive accidental data deletion after configuration change
• Support for National cloud deployments (Microsoft Cloud for US Government, Microsoft Cloud Germany, Azure and Office 365 operated by 21Vianet in China)
• Supports single & multi-tenanted applications
• Supports rate limiting of traffic

1. 1. Installing OneDrive Client

   How to Install OneDrive Client in Linux

   OneDrive Client Linux Setup Guide

   GNU/Linux OneDrive Client Installation Tutorial

2. 2. Setting up

   So first, to Setup OneDrive Client on Linux
   Simply play:

   onedrive

   Copy the given Link:
   
   Then Paste it in a Browser Window to Login with your Microsoft Credentials to Allow the App:
   
   Again Copy the Response URI:
   
   Finally, to achieve the Setup Paste it in the Terminal and hit Enter:
   

3. 3. Syncing

   Next to Sync OneDrive Docs
   First, to Test your Configuration you may try a Dry Run:

   onedrive --synchronize --verbose --dry-run

   To Perform a Sync:

   onedrive --synchronize

   This will Synchronize files from your OneDrive Account to your ~/OneDrive local Directory.
   But if you prefer to use your local files as stored in ~/OneDrive as the ‘source of truth’ use the following sync command:

   onedrive --synchronize --local-first

   Again for a Selective Directory Sync:

   onedrive --synchronize --single-directory '<dir_name>'

   Example: If the full path is ~/OneDrive/mydir, change <dir_name> in the above Command in ‘mydir‘.
   To Perform a one way Download only Sync:

   onedrive --synchronize --download-only

   Last, for a one way Upload:

   onedrive --synchronize --upload-only

   Especially relevant, if a File or Folder is present on OneDrive, that does not exist locally, it will be removed. If the data on OneDrive should be kept, instead the following should be used:

   onedrive --synchronize --upload-only --no-remote-delete

   For further Insight see directly the Developer’s GitHub Page!