How to mount & use, Google Drive, in Ubuntu 18.04

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For using your Google drive in Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop, need to install "Gnome Online Accounts"

$ sudo apt install gnome-online-accounts



Now open "Gnome Online Accounts"

$ gnome-control-center online-accounts


Choose "Google"

Login with your Google user name and password

Allow access

Grant access what you want to sync

Remember... If using Gnome Online Accounts for your Google Drive ,your Google Drive files are not stored locally in your computer.
For Downloading your Google Drive file/s locally, you need to install this pack.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa


$ sudo apt install google-drive-ocamlfuse



Now create a directory where you are going to download your Google Drive file locally.

$ mkdir ~/Google_Drive



Now point your Google Drive files to your newly created directory.

$ google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/Google_Drive

It will ask you your google credential.
Kindly provide your "google" user ID and respective password.



At the end, allow to access your Google Drive .

Now Open your File Manager, and you can able to see your Goole drive mounted under your created directory Google_Drive
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© Ajay Kumar Karn-2018-19