How To Install rclone on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on Ubuntu.

What is rclone

rclone is:

Rclone is a program to sync files and directories between the local file system and a variety of commercial cloud storage providers:

• Google Drive
• Amazon S3
• Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore
• Dropbox
• Google Cloud Storage
• Amazon Drive
• Microsoft One Drive
• Hubic
• Backblaze B2
• Yandex Disk
• Infomaniak kDrive / SwissBackup

There are three methods to install rclone on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rclone Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rclone using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rclone

Install rclone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rclone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rclone

Install rclone Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rclone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rclone

How To Uninstall rclone on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the rclone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rclone

Uninstall rclone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rclone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rclone

Remove rclone Configurations and Data

To remove rclone configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rclone

Remove rclone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rclone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rclone

Dependencies

rclone have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• rclone website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.