Ubuntu 15.10 command line only?

Bugs and issues
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I followed the apt instructions here: https://www.insynchq.com/downloads

I did an apt-get install insync and it installed, but it’s only the command line version:

insync - command line interface for the Insync process

available commands

accept_all_new_shares
accept_share
add_account
force_sync
get_account_information
get_actions_required
get_domain_link
get_errors
get_file_status
get_new_shares
get_private_link
get_proxy
get_public_link
get_recent_changes
get_root_drive_files
get_status
get_sync_progress
manage_ignore_list
manage_selective_sync
move_folder
open_in_gdrive
pause_syncing
quit
reject_all_new_shares
reject_share
remove_account
remove_from_insync
resume_syncing
retry_errors
set_autostart
set_export_option
set_proxy
set_selective_sync
share
start

Run insync help for help with a specific command
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 6, in
File “main.py”, line 128, in
File “main__insync.py”, line 146, in
IndexError: list index out of range

All I have ever done is apt-get install insync so I am super confused here.

2

Hi @Jase_Whipp will tag our engineer @lpugoy in this and he will get back to you :smile:

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@Jase_Whipp: You should use the insync-headless command instead. To start Insync you should run insync-headless start, then add your account with insync-headless add_account. The arguments for the add_account command are:

$ insync-headless add_account -h
usage: insync-headless add_account [-h] [-a AUTH_CODE] [-p PATH]
                                   [-e {open-document,ms-office,link}]

Add account to Insync.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a AUTH_CODE, --auth-code AUTH_CODE
                        Code to authorize Insync to access your account. To
                        get it, go to https://goo.gl/jv797S and follow the
                        prompts. If not given, Insync will open an external
                        browser where you can login.
  -p PATH, --path PATH  Path where Insync folder for account will be placed.
                        If not given, will default to ~/<email address>.
  -e {open-document,ms-office,link}, --export-option {open-document,ms-office,link}
                        Set if account will download Google format files as
                        Open Document formats (.odt), MS Office formats
                        (.docx), or as links (.gddoc). Defaults to "link".

You can get help on other commands by running insync-headless -h <command>. There’s also the man page (man insync-headless). Hope this helps.