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date: "2016-03-28"
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Install
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# Install #
Rclone is a Go program and comes as a single binary file.
[Download](/downloads/) the relevant binary.
## Quickstart ##
Or alternatively if you have Go 1.5+ installed use
* [Download](/downloads/) the relevant binary.
* Unpack and the `rclone` binary.
* Run `rclone config` to setup. See [rclone config docs](http://rclone.org/docs/) for more details.
go get github.com/ncw/rclone
See below for some expanded Linux / macOS instructions.
See the [Usage section](/docs/) of the docs for how to use rclone, or
run `rclone -h`.
## Linux installation from precompiled binary ##
Fetch and unpack
curl -O http://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip
unzip rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip
cd rclone-*-linux-amd64
Copy binary file
sudo cp rclone /usr/sbin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/sbin/rclone
sudo chmod 755 /usr/sbin/rclone
Install manpage
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
sudo cp rclone.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
sudo mandb
Run `rclone config` to setup. See [rclone config docs](http://rclone.org/docs/) for more details.
rclone config
## macOS installation from precompiled binary ##
Download the latest version of rclone.
cd && curl -O http://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-osx-amd64.zip
Unzip the download and cd to the extracted folder.
unzip -a rclone-current-osx-amd64.zip && cd rclone-*-osx-amd64
Move rclone to your $PATH. You will be prompted for your password.
sudo mv rclone /usr/local/bin/
Remove the leftover files.
cd .. && rm -rf rclone-*-osx-amd64 rclone-current-osx-amd64.zip
Run `rclone config` to setup. See [rclone config docs](http://rclone.org/docs/) for more details.
rclone config
## Install from source ##
Make sure you have at least [Go](https://golang.org/) 1.5 installed.
Make sure your `GOPATH` is set, then:
go get -u -v github.com/ncw/rclone
and this will build the binary in `$GOPATH/bin`. If you have built
rclone before then you will want to update its dependencies first with
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go get -u -v github.com/ncw/rclone/...
See the [Usage section](/docs/) of the docs for how to use rclone, or
run `rclone -h`.
linux binary downloaded files install example
-------
unzip rclone-v1.17-linux-amd64.zip
cd rclone-v1.17-linux-amd64
#copy binary file
sudo cp rclone /usr/sbin/
sudo chown root:root /usr/sbin/rclone
sudo chmod 755 /usr/sbin/rclone
#install manpage
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
sudo cp rclone.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
sudo mandb
Installation with Ansible
-------
## Installation with Ansible ##
This can be done with [Stefan Weichinger's ansible
role](https://github.com/stefangweichinger/ansible-rclone).