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VGrive

Google Drive client for linux

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/learn @bcedu/VGrive
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

Unmantained. Do no use, it does'nt work. I never updated vgrive to work with the new API

VGrive

Flatpak repo: https://github.com/flathub/com.github.bcedu.vgrive

VGrive is a client (back-end and front-end) for Google Drive made in vala.

<ul> <li>Start VGrive and sync your files with Google Drive through a clean and minimalist gui.</li> <li>Automaticlly detects changes in local and remote files and sync them.</li> <li>Choose the local path where VGrive syncs your files.</li> </ul> <p float="left"> <img src="/data/imgs/init.png" width="49%" /> <img src="/data/imgs/conf.png" width="49%" /> </p> <p float="left"> <img src="/data/imgs/login.png" width="48%" /> <img src="/data/imgs/login2.png" width="48%" /> </p> <p float="left"> <img src="/data/imgs/sync.png" width="49%" /> <img src="/data/imgs/advanced.png" width="49%" /> </p>

Installation

Elementary AppCenter

Install VGrive through the elementary AppCenter. It's always updated to lastest version. Easy and fast.

<p align="center"> <a href="https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.bcedu.vgrive"><img src="https://appcenter.elementary.io/badge.svg" alt="Get it on AppCenter" /></a> </p>

Debian and Derivatives: Install from .deb file

For debian based distributions (ubuntu, linux mint, elementary, ...) you can install VGrive directlly with the .deb file attached to the newest release of VGrive:

  • https://github.com/bcedu/VGrive/releases

Fedora: Install from official repo

  • https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/vgrive

  • sudo dnf install vgrive

Flatpak

Install from flathub (aviable for any distro):

  • https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.bcedu.vgrive

Setup flatpak: https://flatpak.org/setup/

Manual Instalation

Download last release (zip file), extract files and enter to the folder where they where extracted.

Install the 'build' pre-requisites ( eg on ubuntu, something like this ):

  • sudo apt install meson
  • sudo apt install valac
  • sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk-3-dev
  • sudo apt install libgranite*
  • sudo apt install libjson-glib*
  • sudo apt install libsoup*
  • sudo apt install libunity-dev (optional)
  • sudo apt install libappindicator3-dev (optional)

Install your application with the following commands:

  • meson build --prefix=/usr
  • cd build
  • ninja
  • sudo ninja install

DO NOT DELETE FILES AFTER MANUAL INSTALLATION, THEY ARE NEEDED DURING UNINSTALL PROCESS

To uninstall type from de build folder:

  • sudo ninja uninstall

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CategoryDevelopment
Updated12d ago
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Languages

Vala

Security Score

100/100

Audited on Mar 28, 2026

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