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

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Usage

Just open your application menu and look for "Google Drive". You should find a Desktop file that will open Dolphin with the gdrive:// URL already set.

You can do the same from the command line as well:

kioclient5 exec gdrive:/

Build from source

• Latest stable release: v1.0.3
• Source tarball: http://download.kde.org/stable/kio-gdrive/1.0.3/src/kio-gdrive-1.0.3.tar.xz
• Signature: http://download.kde.org/stable/kio-gdrive/1.0.3/src/kio-gdrive-1.0.3.tar.xz.sig
• Signature key fingerprint: F07D85CAA18ACF46A346FD017C7FC6EA8633B4EA

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=/usr ..
sudo make install
kdeinit5 # or just re-login

Warning

On some distro (e.g. Archlinux) installing in a different prefix (such as /usr/local) might not work.

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

Discussions

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

Links

• Bugs: https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=kio-gdrive&format=guided
• Git repo: https://phabricator.kde.org/diffusion/219/
• Phabricator project: https://phabricator.kde.org/tag/kio_gdrive/

How to Contribute

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