This page was last updated on Sunday, 10-Jun-2018 08:44:08 CDT

Installation notes for rclone version 1.41

Home Page

Prerequisites

Installation

1. As admin
   $ ver="v1.41"
2. $ cd /programinstallers/nas/
3. $ wget -N https://downloads.rclone.org/$ver/rclone-${ver}-linux-amd64.deb
4. $ sudo dpkg -i rclone-${ver}-linux-amd64.deb
    
5. As user "bogususer" in an X session. Instructions from https://rclone.org/box/
   $ rclone config

   2018/06/09 17:15:57 NOTICE: Config file "/home/bogususer/.config/rclone/rclone.conf" not found - using defaults
   No remotes found - make a new one
   n) New remote
   s) Set configuration password
   q) Quit config
   n/s/q> n
   name> uwbox
   Type of storage to configure.
   Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
    …
    5 / Box
      \ "box"
    …
   Storage> 5 or could also enter box
   Box App Client Id - leave blank normally.
   client_id>
   Box App Client Secret - leave blank normally.
   client_secret> 
   Remote config
   Use auto config?
    * Say Y if not sure
    * Say N if you are working on a remote or headless machine
   y) Yes
   n) No
   y/n> n
   If your browser doesn't open automatically go to the following link: http://127.0.0.1:53682/auth
   Log in and authorize rclone for access
   Waiting for code...
   Login to box via web browser
   Got code
   --------------------
   [uwbox]
   type = box
   client_id = 
   client_secret = 
   token = {"access_token":"Xxxx…x","token_type":"bearer","refresh_token":"Xxxx…x","expiry":"2018-06-09T18:51:46.735814049-05:00"}
   --------------------
   y) Yes this is OK
   e) Edit this remote
   d) Delete this remote
   y/e/d> y
   Current remotes:
   
   Name                 Type
   ====                 ====
   uwbox                box
   
   e) Edit existing remote
   n) New remote
   d) Delete remote
   r) Rename remote
   c) Copy remote
   s) Set configuration password
   q) Quit config
   e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q

6. Test: listing of top-level directories
   $ rclone lsd uwbox:
7. Configuration file location is ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf