Microsoft hasn’t released a Linux version of the OneDrive client, and this doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon. But that’s not to say you can’t use OneDrive on Linux. There are many third-party clients that support cloud syncing. The best of these is the OneDrive client by developer abraunegg. It’s a free and powerful client that supports most distros including Ubuntu. It supports two-way sync and most other features found on the native OneDrive client on Windows. Install from Ubuntu Universe The easiest way to download OneDrive for Ubuntu is by installing it from the universe repo. sudo apt install -y onedrive Afterward, launch OneDrive by entering onedrive Right-click the authorization URL and select Open Link. Login to your Microsoft account and give access to the OneDrive Client for Linux. Copy the resulting URL, paste it into the terminal, and press Enter. After completing the authorization, you can start using the client. Use onedrive --help if you feel lost. For starters, you should initiate a one-time sync. This’ll create a OneDrive folder in your home directory and sync your drive’s contents there. onedrive --synchronization Note: One problem with this method is that the packages from Universe tend to be outdated. For reference, the latest version available is onedrive 2.4.23, while Jammy (22.04 LTS) is still stuck with onedrive 2.4.13. The developer highly recommends the other two installation methods over this as older packages can be buggy. But if you just want a quick and easy install method, this is a viable option. Use the OpenSuSE Build Service Packages This is the recommended way to install OneDrive on Ubuntu as it lets you install and maintain the latest version through apt. Step 1: Add OBS Repo & Release Key Add the OpenSuSE Build Service (OBS) repository and release key with the commands shown below. Make sure to adjust the Ubuntu version in the commands if installing on something other than 22.04. wget -qO - https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/npreining:/debian-ubuntu-onedrive/xUbuntu_22.04/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/obs-onedrive.gpg > /dev/null echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/obs-onedrive.gpg] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/npreining:/debian-ubuntu-onedrive/xUbuntu_22.04/ ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onedrive.list Step 2: Update Package Index Update the apt package cache with sudo apt update Step 3: Install and Launch OneDrive At this point, we’ve added the OneDrive package to our sources list and updated the package index so that we have access to the latest version. All that’s left is to install. sudo apt install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests onedrive After installing it, launch OneDrive, authorize it, initiate a sync, and get started. Check the first section for a step-by-step reference. onedrive Step 4: Install OneDriveGUI This part is optional, but you can also install the GUI for the OneDrive client if you want. On Ubuntu 22.04 and newer, ensure FUSE2 is installed first. sudo apt install libfuse2 Download the latest OneDriveGUI release and make the AppImage executable. Replace version with the actual version number before you run the command. chmod +x ./OneDriveGUI-version-x86_64.AppImage Then, launch the GUI with ./OneDriveGUI-version-x86_64.AppImage Build OneDrive from Source For some users, the onedrive client installed with the above method may segfault on exit (crash). This happens because the package is built with the LDC package & the default distribution compiler options. The only resolution to this is to uninstall the client and build it from source instead. Step 1: Install Required Dependencies Start by installing the necessary dependencies which includes build-essential and the DMD compiler. sudo apt install build-essential sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libsqlite3-dev pkg-config git curl curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd Follow the instructions at the bottom to activate the DMD compiler. In our case, we’re activating version 2.102.2. source ~/dlang/dmd-2.102.2/activate Step 2: Compile OneDrive Now, clone the OneDrive repo, go inside the cloned directory, and compile OneDrive. git clone https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive.git cd onedrive ./configure make clean; make; sudo make install Step 3: Launch OneDrive Deactive the DMD compiler and launch OneDrive with deactivate onedrive Updating / Uninstalling OneDrive If you installed OneDrive with either of the apt-based methods, you can use apt to manage it as well. To update OneDrive, run sudo apt --only-upgrade install onedrive To uninstall OneDrive, run sudo apt remove onedrive Alternatively, if you built OneDrive from source, the process is a bit longer. You’ll have to uninstall the existing binary and build the newer version from source again. To uninstall the client, go to the GitHub repo clone directory and run sudo make uninstall