mirror of
https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop.git
synced 2024-11-23 21:46:03 +03:00
38 lines
1.4 KiB
ReStructuredText
38 lines
1.4 KiB
ReStructuredText
|
Introduction
|
||
|
|
============
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This is the documentation for the ownCloud Sync Client, also referred to as
|
||
|
|
the ownCloud Client.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The ownCloud Sync Client is a desktop program you install on your computer.
|
||
|
|
Specify one ore more directories on the local machine to sync your ownCloud
|
||
|
|
server, and always have your latest files wherever you are. Make a change to the
|
||
|
|
files on one computer, it will flow across the others using these desktop sync
|
||
|
|
clients.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ownCloud Client is available for Windows, Mac OS X and various Linux
|
||
|
|
distributions. See below for details on how to obtain the Client.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Obtaining the Client
|
||
|
|
--------------------
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The latest version of the ownCloud Client can be obtained at
|
||
|
|
http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ownCloud client for **Windows** is provided as a NSIS-based setup file for
|
||
|
|
machine-wide install. Installing the ownCloud client on **Mac OS** follows
|
||
|
|
the normal app bundle installation pattern:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
1. Download the installation file: Click ``ownCloud-x.y.z.dmg``, a window with
|
||
|
|
the ownCloud icon opens.
|
||
|
|
2. In that window, drag the ownCloud application into the ``Applications``
|
||
|
|
folder.
|
||
|
|
3. On the right hand side From ``Applications``, choose ``ownCloud``.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The ownCloud Client is also provided as in a convenient repository for a wide
|
||
|
|
range of popular **Linux distributions**. If you want to build the sources
|
||
|
|
instead.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Supported distributions are Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu and Debian.
|
||
|
|
To support other distributions, a is required, see :ref:`building-label`
|