Install Sync on Linux | FileCloud Help

FileCloud for Office is an MS Office add-in for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which can be used in both Windows and macOS with FileCloud Sync, FileCloud Drive, and FileCloud Desktop. It is available in FileCloud beginning with version 23.1.

For instructions on how to install FileCloud for Office, see Using FileCloud for Office.

You must install FileCloud Sync before you can begin synchronizing documents on your local computer to the FileCloud Server site.

To Install FileCloud Sync on Linux

Download FileCloud Sync App from https://www.filecloud.com/additional-downloads/#sync
After successfully downloading the App, extract the zip file cloudsync2_linux_amd64.zip.

To extract files using the terminal, use the following command:
```
unzip cloudsync2_linux_amd64.zip
```
Now, you will have a bunch of files in the extracted location.
Give execute permission to filecloudsync2start.sh and cloudsync file
```
chmod +x filecloudsync2start.sh
chmod +x cloudsync
```
Open the terminal, go to the location where the FileCloud Sync files were extracted and then run filecloudsync2start.sh
```
./filecloudsync2start.sh
```

What If I'm Using Ubuntu 18.10 or RHEL 9.4?

For Ubuntu 18.10 or RHEL 9.4, follow the steps below:

Unzip the Linux Sync app package (cloudsync2_linux_amd64.zip) to any folder
cd to the above folder.
Give execute permission to filecloudsync2start-ubuntu.sh.
```
chmod 777 ./filecloudsync2install-ubuntu.sh
```
Open the terminal, and go to the location where the FileCloud Sync files were extracted and then run.
```
apt-get update
./filecloudsync2install-ubuntu.sh install
```
After these steps, the Sync app is shown with the other desktop apps. Double-click the app to open it.
If Sync displays the message There appears to be no system tray support in your current environment, then download the extensions to enable system tray support.
1. To download the necessary extensions, go to the TopIcons Plus extensions page on the official GNOME site. From here, click Click here to install browser extension., then click Allow, and then Add.
2. Return to the GNOME extensions page and refresh it.
  If you see the following message:
  Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected. Refer documentation for instructions about installing connector.
  click the documentation link in the message, then choose your Linux version, and execute the corresponding command in the terminal.
3. Return to the GNOME Extensions page and refresh. Click the Off/On button to set it to On state. Then, click the download and install option.
4. Start the Sync app by double-clicking the Sync icon in the desktop apps.