FreeFileSync folder comparison and synchronization tool for Linux Ubuntu. How to install FreeFileSync 7.7 on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu Derivatives. FreeFileSync application supports binary file comparison, can handle symlinks and copy NTFS extended attributes. The FreeFileSync software also features security settings and fail-safe file copy, detailed error reporting and batch tasks.
FreeFileSync 7.7 is the latest version available of the FreeFileSync software. The recently released FreeFileSync 7.7 brings the following changes:
- Support variable drive letters for config history when using FreeFileSync portable
- Skip non-storage functional objects at MTP device level
- Log and show error messages without hanging when running as a service
- Navigate between sync settings panels with arrow keys
- Fixed volume shadow copy file path generation
- Handle integer overflows when comparing file times
- Ignore more than one file time shift
- Reworked grid to support mouse highlight areas
- Allow minute precision for file time shifts
- Warn about unsupported MTP and SFTP paths in RealtimeSync
- Strip superfluous mode parameters when creating a directory (Linux, OS X)
- Correctly detect system language for English UK
- Store program language by name to handle changing ids
- Fixed crash during application exit after using SFTP
Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu
The FreeFileSync can be installed on Ubuntu, via GetDeb. Run the following command in Terminal to install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu:
Install FreeFileSync on Ubuntu 15.10 and Derivatives:
$ 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 and Derivatives:
$ 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 and Derivatives:
$ 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
Uninstall FreeFileSync from Ubuntu
If you want to uninstall and remove freefilesync, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove freefilesync