How to Access Google Drive in Linux or ubuntu

Google Drive in Ubuntu desktop can accessed either by nautilus or overGrive. OverGrive is a Linux based Google drive desktop client through which we can mount or access our Google drive on our Ubuntu desktop.

OverGrive is a commercial software and its license cost is around $ 4.99 , though we can use this tool for 14 days on trail version.

Accessing Google drive via nautilus is absolutely free. In Ubuntu 16.04 nautilus-3.18 is included which has the ability to integrate Google and other online accounts.

In this article we will demonstrate how to access Google drive using nautilus and overgrive tool in Ubuntu 16.04.

Following are the steps to access Google Drive using nautilus.

Step:1 Install ‘Gnome Online Account’ package

Open the terminal and run following apt command.

linuxtechi@cloudera:~$ sudo apt install gnome-online-accounts

Step:2 Access and Configure Online Account

Execute the following command from the terminal

linuxtechi@cloudera:~$ gnome-control-center online-accounts

Select Google account

Specify the Google account credentials.

Click on Allow to authorize Ubuntu nautilus to access your Google account.

Step:3 Now Access Google drive using nautilus.