Mount Google Drive from CU¶
Install:¶
Install the google drive app from opam:
opam init
# Answer y to question then
eval `opam config env`
opam install google-drive-ocamlfuse
mkdir /home/$(whoami)/google_drive
The last step, requires X11 forwarding available (use ssh -Y server) within the campus. It will open firefox remotely on the server (painfully slow). Don’t try this at home, connection behind vpn is even slower…:
google-drive-ocamlfuse /home/$(whoami)/google_drive
log in with your university email/password, authorize,… and you’re all set!
Usage:¶
Your linux system will interact with your google drive like a local disk.
Troubleshooting:¶
If your command line freezes on ls $HOME or similar. You need to ask admin to unmount:
sudo umount -f /home/$(whoami)/google_drive
then you can remount the drive:
google-drive-ocamlfuse /home/$(whoami)/google_drive