Rclone installation note

• env : linux/x86_64/bash
• link : kmo/notes_rclone_install
• 說明 :
  rclone 安裝筆記，適用大部分 Linux 系統
  rclone 是 go 語言撰寫，編譯好後可直接執行
  所以除了透過 Package Manger 安裝、使用 singularity 容器
  也可選擇 手動安裝 rclone 作者編譯好的檔案使用

Package Manager

• install rclone through package manager

apt-get (Ubuntu/Debian)

• install

# download rclone deb
curl -O https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-linux-amd64.deb

# install deb
sudo apt-get -y install ./rclone-current-linux-amd64.deb

# clean deb
rm rclone-current-linux-amd64.deb

• uninstall

sudo apt-get -y remove rclone

yum (RHEL/CentOS)

• install

sudo yum -y install https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-linux-amd64.rpm

• uninstall

sudo yum -y remove rclone

pacman (Arch Linux/Manjaro Linux)

• install rclone through arch linux community repo
• install

sudo pacman -S rclone

• uninstall

sudo pacman -Rs rclone

conda (Linux)

• install rclone through conda-forge channel
• install

conda create --name rclone_env --channel conda-forge rclone

• use

conda activate rclone_env

• uninstall

conda remove --name rclone_env --all

Container

• required command : singularity
• pull image

singularity build rclone.sif docker://rclone/rclone:latest

• use

singularity exec rclone.sif rclone

• remove

rm rclone.sif

Manual Installation

• required command : unzip
• install to ~/rclone

# change directory to /tmp
cd /tmp

# download
curl -O https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip

# unzip
unzip rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip

# install rclone in /home/$USER/rclone/bin
mkdir -p ~/rclone/bin
mv rclone-*-linux-amd64/rclone ~/rclone/bin

# install rclone manpage in /home/$USER/rclone/man
mkdir -p ~/rclone/man/man1
mv rclone-*-linux-amd64/rclone.1 ~/rclone/man/man1

# add rclone path to environment variable
cat << EOF >> ~/.bash_profile
PATH=~/rclone/bin:\$PATH #_rclone_path_#
EOF

# clean
rm rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip
rm -r rclone-*-linux-amd64

• logout (Ctrl+D or exit) and login for initializing ~/.bash_profile
• check installation success

rclone help
man rclone

• uninstall

# remove rclone
rm -r ~/rclone

# remove rclone_path in ~/.bash_profile
sed -i '/#_rclone_path_#/d' ~/.bash_profile

Remove rclone config

rm ~/.rclone.conf

Support Matrix

• latest precompiled rclone support matrix

reference

• rclone
  • https://rclone.org/downloads
  • https://rclone.org/install.sh
  • https://rclone.org/install
• conda
  • https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/rclone
  • https://github.com/conda-forge/rclone-feedstock
• arch linux
  • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta
• singularity
  • https://sylabs.io/docs

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