

If you have Unity Control Center open and you call gnome-control-center online-accounts, then it opens the Unity Control Center window instead of the GNOME one. Make sure you close Unity Control Center first.

sudo apt install gnome-control-center gnome-online-accounts
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Install GNOME System Settings and GNOME Online Accounts. To enable Google drive desktop integration in Ubuntu 16.10-17.04 follow these steps: Just add your Google account in GNOME's online accounts application to get started. GNOME 3.18 and newer (in Ubuntu 16.10 and later) has native desktop integration that will let you easily browse, manage, open, upload, and download your files. Ubuntu 16.10 - 17.04 (GNOME Online Accounts) To install Open Drive in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type: sudo snap install odrive-unofficial Automatic synchronization between files.Open Drive is a Google Drive client for desktops written in Electron. Ubuntu 14.04 and later (for all desktop environments) Return to Google Drive and navigate to gear icon -> Settings -> Offline, and enable Create, open and edit your recent Google Docs, Sheets and Slides files while offline. If you have the browser, install the Google Docs Offline extension offered by. This feature only works on Google Chrome. Google Drive allows you to access some files offline, but on desktop Now your Google Drive will appear in the Files application (nautilus), like this: Make sure the "Files" permission is granted: Open System Settings and select Online Accounts -> under the Add an account heading select Google and authenticate with your Google password. Ubuntu 17.10 and later (GNOME Online Accounts) This answer contains an answer for all current Ubuntu versions, starting with recent versions at the top.
