KIO GDrive

KIO GDrive is a KIO slave that enables KIO-aware applications (such as Dolphin, Kate or Gwenview) to access and edit Google Drive files on the cloud.

How to install

Arch Linux

pacman -S kio-gdrive

Exherbo

cave resolve kio-gdrive

Gentoo

emerge kde-misc/kio-gdrive

KDE Neon or Kubuntu

sudo apt install kio-gdrive

openSUSE

KIO GDrive is available as part of openSUSE Tumbleweed and is regularly updated there. Use YaST or zypper to install kio-gdrive.

openSUSE Leap users can find it in the KDE:Extra third-party repository.

FreeBSD

KIO GDrive is available in the [email protected] development svn repository: http://area51.pcbsd.org/branches/plasma5 in net/kio-gdrive

Fedora GNU/Linux

dnf install kio-gdrive

Usage

Open the Network folder in Dolphin and click on "Google Drive".

You can use the command line as well:

kioclient5 exec gdrive:/

Build from source

• Latest stable release: v1.2.4
• Source tarball: http://download.kde.org/stable/kio-gdrive/1.2.4/src/kio-gdrive-1.2.4.tar.xz
• Signature: http://download.kde.org/stable/kio-gdrive/1.2.4/src/kio-gdrive-1.2.4.tar.xz.sig

Build on Linux

Assuming that you have all the dependencies already installed, just do:

git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kio-gdrive.git
cd kio-gdrive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`qtpaths --install-prefix` ..
sudo make install
kdeinit5 # or just re-login

Warning

You can install into a different prefix, as long as is the same prefix kdeinit5 has been installed into.

If you have problems building from source, feel free to ask for help in the #kde-fm IRC channel.

Changelog

v1.0.0

First stable release

v1.0.1

Fixed a bug that caused the login dialog to show up again after authentication (bugs 367988, 369581).

v1.0.2

Fixed copy-pasting from gdrive:// URLs to local disk (bug 369619).

v1.0.3

Stop trashing all account files on account removal.

v1.0.4

• Fixed an issue that would make some files hidden (bug 371954)
• Added TryExec key in the .desktop file.

v1.0.5

Updated translations.

v1.1.0

Replaced custom Dolphin .desktop file with a Google Drive link in the Network (remote://) folder.

v1.1.1

Fixed wrong write permissions in the top-level accounts folder.

v1.1.2

Updated translations.

v1.2.0

• Integration with KAccounts
• Google Drive free space is now reported

v1.2.1

• Build fixes.
• Updated translations.

v1.2.2

• Fixed mimetype used to open .ods files (bug 388598).
• Fixed copy of files within the same gdrive account (bug 376735).
• Updated translations.

v1.2.3

• Added missing copy of GPL3 license.
• Updated translations.

v1.2.4

• Fixed opening files with special characters in their name (bug 395590).
• Fixed homepage URL in the appstream file.
• Updated translations.

Discussions

• Mailing list: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel
• IRC: #kde-fm channel

Links

• Bugs: https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kio-gdrive&format=guided
• Git repository: https://phabricator.kde.org/source/kio-gdrive/
• Phabricator project: https://phabricator.kde.org/tag/kio_gdrive/

How to Contribute

Upload patches for review here: https://phabricator.kde.org/differential/diff/create/