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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 building-label