How to set-up Ubuntu One under #! 9.04.01

corenominal · 2009-07-03 01:02:59

For anyone (with an invite) wishing to test the Ubuntu One client under CrunchBang 9.04.01, here are some quick and dirty instructions for getting it running:

1. Open your APT sources file with the following terminal command:

gksudo leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line, save and exit:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuone/beta/ubuntu jaunty main

2. Add the PPA key with the following terminal command:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4BD0ECAE

3. Update your APT sources and install the client software, enter the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-tools ubuntuone-client-gnome

4. Once the above packages have downloaded and installed, enter the following command to start the client:

ubuntuone-client-applet --signup &

^^ should take you to the Ubuntu One website where you can register your machine for use with the service. Note, you should now be able to see the Ubuntu One icon within your system tray and a new directory "Ubuntu One" within your home directory.

To start the Ubuntu One client at boot, simply add a reference to it within your Openbox autostart.sh file, something like the following should do it:

(sleep 60s && ubuntuone-client-applet) &

Note also, I am not entirely sure about this, but I believe the applet is only partially functional without Nautilus; the service should work, but clicking the applet will probably not open your Ubuntu One directory.

Anyhow, I hope someone finds this useful. Please feel free to comment if you think I have missed anything or if you know of a quicker/better way to achieve the above. smile

Mehall · 2009-07-11 20:57:23

Huzzah, it worketh most verily!

Rebooteth time.

mantisdolphin · 2009-07-20 02:39:33

Just works! Most cool. Thanks.

robconnolly · 2009-07-29 20:34:17

Hey, I get an error when I start the ubuntu one client for the first time and I never get the webpage. See the attached screenshot for the error message. I'm using FF 3.5 (installed in home from the Mozilla tarball), but I'm not sure that has anything to do with it.

EDIT: lol, I tracked this down by looking in the code for ubuntuone-client-applet and xdg-open. It seems that the command sensible-browser is eventually called. This failed on my system with that error. If you set the BROWSER environment variable it works, e.g:

export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox

Last edited by robconnolly (2009-07-29 20:50:00)

jpope · 2009-11-02 05:17:23

It's possible that things have changed with Ubuntu One since the original how-to was wrote but, I find that it is better to add the following to your autostart.sh:

(sleep 60s && ubuntuone-syncdaemon) &

Adding 'ubuntuone-client-applet' to autostart.sh does start Ubuntu One however, the settings dialog will also open. Adding 'ubuntuone-syncdaemon' just starts the Ubuntu One service.

Just thought I'd share. smile

politenessman · 2010-12-11 02:07:56

corenominal wrote:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-tools ubuntuone-client-gnome

i tried this but i got the following;

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ubuntuone-client : Depends: python-apport but it is not installable
ubuntuone-client-gnome : Depends: libedataserver1.2-11 (>= 2.26.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libnautilus-extension1 (>= 1:2.22.2) but 2.30.1-2 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

any ideas on how to fix this?

corenominal · 2010-12-11 02:17:41

^ I thought you had installed Statler? If so, this guide is probably not going to work.

politenessman · 2010-12-11 02:26:42

well, that would explain the issue.
so how do i get ubuntu one installed?

anonymous · 2010-12-11 02:33:35

I am not recommending this but in your sources.list try using a different suite like:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuone/beta/ubuntu karmic main

or

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuone/beta/ubuntu lucid main

corenominal · 2010-12-11 02:35:11

I found the following, but I am not sure if it will be of any use: http://askubuntu.com/questions/10271/is … n-possible

Can I ask, are you an existing Ubuntu One user? If not, you might want to consider Dropbox.

politenessman · 2010-12-12 19:22:46

yes,i use both.
Dropbox is actually very awesome - i have a 50GB account, and i have a free ubuntu one account.
The drop box account i use for data storage, and the ubuntu one account i use for backing up my bookmarks and notes.

I'll give the above a try and see what happens.
Thanks chaps!

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