OwnCloud Setup

For background information on OwnCloud <- click here

The latest sync clients can always be found at: http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/
You will need to install a sync client in order to sync data over multiple machines.

Windows client

Download and run the ownCloud Windows Installer (exe)
You will need administrator privileges to install the Windows client.

Macintosh client

Instructions here are taken from the ownCloud website.
To install ownCloud, you will need a 64-bit Intel Mac, with OS X 10.5 or higher.
How can I tell if my Intel Mac is 64-bit?

Installing the ownCloud client on your Mac is as easy as ABC:

• Download the latest installation file, ownCloud-1.1.3.dmg
• Click ownCloud-1.1.3.dmg, a window with the ownCloud icon opens
• In that window, drag the ownCloud application into the "Applications" folder on the right hand side
• From "Applications", choose ownCloud

Ubuntu client

For Ubuntu, we have provided a setup script to install the ownCloud client.
This script should work on recent Ubuntu versions(up to 12.10), but will not work on nettops.

• owncloud-1.1-setup.sh: Install script for v1.1 (as of December 6th, 2012)

Setup instructions

Start by downloading the setup onto your computer.
By default, Ubuntu will not run newly downloaded programs or scripts.
We will tell Ubuntu to let us run the setup, by using chmod +x in a terminal:

You need to use the terminal in the same folder you downloaded the setup, in my case it's in ~/Downloads.

Next, when you run setup, it will ask you for your password.
When you complete this step, setup should finish the rest on its own:

Access Control

Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = LawrenceFolland, RaymondTruong, AlessandroCosentino