Install Syncthing official PPA in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Linux Mint and Debian. Install Syncthing is an open source “File Synchronization Tool” for Linux Ubuntu 15.04/14.10/14.04.
Syncthing is an open-source file synchronization client/server application. It allows users to easily synchronize files and directories between different computers in a secured, encrypted manner.
Syncthing is still in development, although a large number of features have already been implemented:
- Web GUI. Configure and monitor Syncthing via a responsive and powerful interface accessible via your browser.
- Portable. Works on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Run it on your desktop computers and synchronize them with your server for backup.
- Simple. Syncthing doesn’t need IP addresses or advanced configuration: it just works, over LAN and over the Internet. Every machine is identified by an ID. Just give your ID to you friends, share a folder and watch: UPnP will do if you don’t want to port forward or you don’t know how.
- Powerful. Synchronize as many folders as you need with different people.
Install Syncthing Official PPA
To install Syncthing official PPA in Ubuntu/Linux Mint and Debian, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install curl
curl -s https://syncthing.net/release-key.txt | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing release" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing-release.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install syncthing
The Syncthing appl has only a Web UI to perform Syncthing tasks.
The admin GUI starts automatically and remains available on http://localhost:8080/. It looks like this:
- On the left is the list of “folders”, or directories to synchronize.
- On the right is the list of devices.
Uninstall Syncthing and Syncthink GTK From Ubuntu Systems
Run the following command to uninstall and remove Syncthing and Syncthing-GTK:
sudo apt-get remove syncthing-gtk
sudo rm -rf /opt/syncthing