Ade Malsasa Akbar contact
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 00:23

How To Install Owncloud Desktop Client on Ubuntu


OwnCloud has official desktop client. So, we can use that client to connect to our private OwnCloud server or another Owncloud services. For example, I use Owncloud client to connect and synchronize my files to OwnDrive Service (an OwnCloud storage service). I will show you how to install it on Ubuntu.

OwnCloud Desktop Client

Ubuntu 12.04


sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/xUbuntu_12.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install owncloud-client

Explanation - These three commands will write a new repository URL file into sources.list.d/ directory, then download all repository indexes including the new one, then install owncloud-client package.

Ubuntu 14.04


sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/xUbuntu_14.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install owncloud-client


Ubuntu 15.04


sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/ownCloud:/desktop/Ubuntu_15.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/owncloud-client.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install owncloud-client

Use OwnCloud Desktop


  1. Run it from menu. 
  2. Enter the URL for your OwnCloud service. For example, my URL will be http://my.owndrive.com.
  3. Login with your account. 
  4. Set anything you need with the synchronization behavior.
  5. Manage your files. Copy a file into the synchronized folder or else.
  6. You will have an OwnCloud indicator icon on system tray.
Connecting Desktop to Cloud

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