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.

Installation

Arch Linux

pacman -S kio-gdrive

Exherbo

cave resolve kio-gdrive

Gentoo

emerge kde-misc/kio-gdrive

Debian/KDE neon/Kubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)

sudo apt install kio-gdrive

openSUSE

sudo zypper in kio-gdrive

FreeBSD

pkg install kio-gdrive

Fedora GNU/Linux

dnf install kio-gdrive

Usage

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

Or you can use the command line, such as:

kioclient5 exec gdrive:/

Build from source

• Latest stable release: v1.3.0
• Source tarball: kio-gdrive-1.3.0.tar.xz [ Signature ]
• KDE Invent: Git repository

Build on Linux

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

git clone https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-gdrive.git && cd kio-gdrive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(qtpaths --install-prefix)" ..
make && make test
sudo make install
kdeinit5 # or just re-login

Warning

You can install into a different prefix, as long as it 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

v1.3.0

• Support for the Shared Drives feature of Google Drive.
• New "Copy Google URL to clipboard" action in the Dolphin context-menu.
• Support for the new kaccounts-integration 20.04 release.
• Improved appstream metadata.
• Fixed opening docx files as archives in remote folders (bug 401151).

v1.2.7

Fixed build against libkgapi >= 5.12 (i.e. libkgapi from KDE Applications 19.08).

v1.2.6

Updated translations.

v1.2.5

• Fixed downloading of large files (bug 375765).
• Fixed component tag in the appstream file.
• 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.

v1.2.3

• Added missing copy of GPL3 license.
• 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.

v1.2.1

• Build fixes.
• Updated translations.

v1.2.0

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

v1.1.2

Updated translations.

v1.1.1

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

v1.1.0

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

v1.0.5

Updated translations.

v1.0.4

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

v1.0.3

Stop trashing all account files on account removal.

v1.0.2

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

v1.0.1

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

v1.0.0

First stable release

Discussions

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

Links

• Bug Tracker: https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kio-gdrive&format=guided
• Source code repository: https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-gdrive
• Project planning: https://phabricator.kde.org/tag/kio_gdrive/

How to Contribute

Prepare merge requests for review here

Privacy Policy

https://community.kde.org/KIO_GDrive/Privacy_Policy