Install nextcloud client from backports [Solved]

[xboxboy]

I have an nextcloud server set up on my web host. My desktop is Mageia 5, kde, and I installed the owncloud client from the repos', but it is unable to connect due to being unsupported ie. the client is too old.

There is a significantly updated owncloud client in backports

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https://wiki.mageia.org/en/OwnCloud#Latest_ownCloud_is_in_backports_.21

Using my local mirror do I just download

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https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/core/backports/owncloud-client-2.2.4-1.mga5.x86_64.rpm

Then in that directory that it's downloaded to, as root:

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urpmi owncloud-client-2.2.4-1.mag5.x86_64.rpm

I've never used a backport before, this is a key pc at my business so I don't wish to cause any unnecessary down time.

[jkerr82508]

Provided you have not removed the Backports repo, you can use the GUI. Open "Install and Remove Software" in MCC. Change the first filter to "Backports" and search for owncloud-client. Version 2.2.4 is among the packages listed. You do NOT need to enable the Backports repo.

Jim

[xboxboy]

Jkerr

wow, how easy was that! Solved

[doktor5000]

FWIW, you also do not need to first download a package to install it later via urpmi, this is the same with rpm - they both have integrated downloaders, so you can simply install a package directly from a given URL.

[jiml8]

If your nextcloud server is on the same lan as the computer you are using, the owncloud client is kind of redundant, unless you want file sync as a backup mechanism or something.
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My workstation and my nextcloud server are on the same lan, and I just connect via webdav to the cloud server. I can then browse the cloud server as if it was a local filesystem (though a lot slower...owncloud and nextcloud are glacial on webdav).

Here is the script I use to make the connection.

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#! /bin/bash
sudo mount -t davfs2 https://192.168.0.27:12080/nextcloud/remote.php/webdav/ /home/jiml/owncloud -o rw,uid=jiml,gid=jiml

I do use the owncloud client on my laptop, but usually from remote locations.

[xboxboy]

Jim, I use webdav at home on a raspberri pi...yes, galcial is the word.

But the instance I'm talking about is off site at a paid host, and I use the client so I can work on stuff regardless of internet access.

[xboxboy]

When a package is installed via backports as Jkerr mentioned, is that then updated via the normal methods? or do I need to keep an eye on backports to see if there's an update?

[jkerr82508]

It is not automatically updated, unless an official update is released. There was a plan to issue Backport Advisories , like Update Advisories, but that has not been done.

Jim