The steps below are used to install Rclone on Research Cloud.

Step 1: Make sure you are in a terminal

  • In Jupyterhub (Jupyter Workspace in Research cloud): To open a new terminal, click the + button in the file browser and select the terminal in the new Launcher tab (find a short video here).
  • In Rstudio (Rstudio workspace in Research cloud): In the bottom left panel, click the ‘terminal’ tab.

Step 2: Download and install rclone

Type the following command in the terminal:

curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Step 3: Check if installation was successful

Type the following command. A version number will be displayed when installation was successful.

rclone version

Next: Configure Rclone