This guide details the installation of the desktop app kDrive Infomaniak on a computer with a Linux operating system. It will then allow you to sync your files with kDrive.

Preamble

• Some features of kDrive are not available on this OS, such as the Lite Sync option or the right-click context menu.
• The kDrive application is officially supported by Infomaniak only on the following systems:
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Desktop environments: GNOME or KDE
• The application may possibly work on other Linux distributions or with other desktop environments; however, Infomaniak provides no support regarding the installation or execution of the application outside of the configurations mentioned above.

Installation of kDrive on Linux

Prerequisites

• Download the desktop app kDrive for Linux (file type .AppImage)
• Fuse2 (required to run a appimage):
  • Since version 23.04 (and later) of Ubuntu, nothing will happen after double-clicking the AppImage file.
  • The latest versions of Ubuntu use a version of FUSE that is too recent (the "Filesystem in User Space" interface on which AppImages rely to function) for which the AppImages are not designed.
  • AppImages require FUSE v2 to function: sudo apt install libfuse2
• D-Bus
• Gnome-keyring or kwallet (It is likely already present on your machine except with certain light distributions)

Then:

1. Place the file in a folder named, for example, "Applications".
2. Right-click on the file and select Permissions.
3. Check the box "Allow executing file as program".
4. Optional for Ubuntu: add the file to "Startup Application Preferences" so that kDrive runs on startup.