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Sunday, November 22, 2015

How to Install FreeFileSync 6.13 (File & Folder Synchronizor) on Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04

How to Install FreeFileSync 6.13 (File & Folder Synchronizor) on Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04

FreeFileSync is a software which allows you to synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. This program is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs while having nice visual feedback along the way.

FreeFileSync offers several key features such as copy locked files, detect conflicts and propagate deletions, binary file comparison, configure handling of Symbolic links, process multiple folder pairs, native 64-bit support, copy NTFS security permissions, full unicode support and highly optimized runtime performance. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

According to official announcement, FreeFileSync 6.13 comes with fixed crash when failing to create log file during batch run, show directory traversal errors as conflict category on grid, improved file filter behavior for certain edge cases when updating the database and support silent installation for Inno Setup. If you wish to review all fixes, then you should visit their official changelog page.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install FreeFileSync 6.13 using Debian repository on your Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" systems. You can also try the following commands on other Ubuntu variants, but do it at your own risk.

Step Wise Installation of FreeFileSync 6.13 using Debian repository on Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Step 1 : Before beginning the installation, Open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to copy the following repository path on your Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" system.
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu utopic-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
Or, If you are using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, then you must run the following command in terminal to copy the repository of FreeFileSync 6.13 on your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" system.
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to download and add repository key on your Ubuntu system.
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added repository in the sources.list file on your Ubuntu system.
$ sudo apt-get update
Step 4 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest stable FreeFileSync 6.13 on your Ubuntu system.
$ sudo apt-get install freefilesync
After installation, now try to synchronize your files and folders with the help of FreeFileSync tool on your Ubuntu system.

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