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03-Install and Setup ```rclone```

how to install and setup rclone


  1. Install rclone

    bash sudo apt install -y curl curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

  2. If you have a previous config for rclone, it should be encrypted before backing up. Now you can reload it back to your computer

    bash mkdir ~/.config mkdir ~/.config/rclone gpg --output ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf --decrypt /my/remote/filesystem/backup_settings/rclone.conf.pgp

  3. Create file structure for rclone. Let's say you have set up a remote filesystem called dropbox_personal.

    bash sudo mkdir /media/shared-folder-name sudo chown username:groupname /media/shared-folder-name

    and repeat for any other cloud folders you have set up in config

    for example:

    ```bash sudo mkdir /media/dropbox_personal sudo chown danaukes:danaukes /media/dropbox_personal

    sudo mkdir /media/dropbox_asu sudo chown danaukes:danaukes /media/dropbox_asu

    sudo mkdir /media/drive_asu sudo chown danaukes:danaukes /media/drive_asu

    sudo mkdir /media/onedrive-idealab sudo chown danaukes:danaukes /media/onedrive-idealab ```

  4. Mount

    bash rclone mount <rclone_id>: /media/<shared-folder-name> --vfs-cache-mode full &

    repeat for any other cloud folders you have set up in config.

    for example:

    bash rclone mount onedrive-idealab: /media/onedrive-idealab --vfs-cache-mode full & rclone mount dropbox_asu: /media/dropbox_asu --vfs-cache-mode full & rclone mount asu: /media/drive_asu --vfs-cache-mode full & rclone mount dropbox_personal: /media/dropbox_personal --vfs-cache-mode full &

  5. For older distributions fuse3 is not available. Try:

    bash sudo ln -s /bin/fusermount /bin/fusermount3

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