FreeFileSync folder comparison and synchronization tool for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install FreeFileSync 7.8 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Derivatives. FreeFileSync is a popular folder comparison and synchronization tool for Linux, Windows and Mac OS Systems. The FreeFileSync supports binary file comparison and can work on symlinks. It can also copy NTFS extended attributes and enable or cusyomize security permissions. Not only this, users can alos automate batch job using FreeFileSync tool.
FreeFileSync 7.8 is the latest version of the FreeFileSync folder comparison and synchronization tool. FreeFileSync 7.8 has been released with the following changes:
- Correctly resolve environment variables containing MTP paths
- Support at and colon characters in SFTP user name
- New context buttons for quick sync config changes
- Report specific error during folder existence check when starting sync
- Fail lately when traversing available MTP devices
- Correctly handle SFTP time-out error when checking folder existence
- Updated on completion command lines for log off/standby/shut down (Linux)
- Support HTML POST redirection for update checks
- Calculate UTC file times like Windows Explorer for MTP devices
- Don’t reuse timed-out SFTP sessions with thread affinity
- Workaround SFTP session hang after unsupported statvfs command
- Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2e
Install FreeFileSync 7.8 on Ubuntu
FreeFileSync can be installed on Ubuntu systems, via the GetDeb repository. Run the following commands in Terminal to install Install FreeFileSync 7.8 on Ubuntu, via GetDeb.
Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 15.10
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freefilesync
Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 15.04
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu vivid-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freefilesync
Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 14.04
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install freefilesync
Once installed, open the FreeFileSync app from Ubuntu Dash or Menu. If you want to uninstall and remove the FreeFileSync app from Ubuntu Systems, run the command given below:
$ sudo apt-get remove freefilesync