How To Install onedrive on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install onedrive on Ubuntu 22.04. onedrive is folder synchronization with OneDrive

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install onedrive on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is onedrive

onedrive is:

OneDrive is the cloud storage system of Microsoft. This package provides the command line client specialising in synchronizing with OneDrive cloud storage.

There are three methods to install onedrive on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install onedrive Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install onedrive using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install onedrive

Install onedrive Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install onedrive using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install onedrive

Install onedrive Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install onedrive using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install onedrive

How To Uninstall onedrive on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the onedrive package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove onedrive

Uninstall onedrive And Its Dependencies

To uninstall onedrive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove onedrive

Remove onedrive Configurations and Data

To remove onedrive configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge onedrive

Remove onedrive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove onedrive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge onedrive

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install onedrive package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.