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title: Sync files using Google Drive
author: <NAME>
categories: [common questions, koding, file sync, google drive, file transfer]

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# Sync files using Google Drive

Before you continue reading this guide why not try a more easy way, using the [Koding Package Manager (kpm)](http://learn.koding.com/guides/getting-started-kpm/) and start synchronizing your files using Google Drive with just one command:

```
kpm install gdrive
```

***

This guide will cover how to get started with synchronizing your files that are hosted on your Google Drive account (works
with both personal and business Google Apps accounts).

You can install Google Drive on your [Koding](https://koding.com) VM by following these simple steps in [Terminal](https://koding.com/Terminal).

## Steps
To achieve the sync, we will use an app called [grive](http://www.lbreda.com/grive/) so first you need to install the `grive` app using the following command:<commit_msg>added msg to show google drive api deprecated.<commit_after>---
title: Sync files using Google Drive
author: <NAME>
categories: [common questions, koding, file sync, google drive, file transfer]

template: page.toffee
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> type:alert
> Due to Google recently deprecating the API on which grive depended, we do not
> recommend you install grive to connect to Google Drive as the author of grive
> has not yet updated the software to work with the new version of the Google
> Docs API. We will update this msg once we have a better solution.

# Sync files using Google Drive

Before you continue reading this guide why not try a more easy way, using the [Koding Package Manager (kpm)](http://learn.koding.com/guides/getting-started-kpm/) and start synchronizing your files using Google Drive with just one command:

```
kpm install gdrive
```

***

This guide will cover how to get started with synchronizing your files that are hosted on your Google Drive account (works
with both personal and business Google Apps accounts).

You can install Google Drive on your [Koding](https://koding.com) VM by following these simple steps in [Terminal](https://koding.com/Terminal).

## Steps
To achieve the sync, we will use an app called [grive](http://www.lbreda.com/grive/) so first you need to install the `grive` app using the following command:
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