Gdrive: How are we supposed to download gdrive with no gdrive?

[divamgupta]

What if we want to install gdrive to a remote server and scp is not an option. Its very hard to download files shared on google drive via wget/curl.
I think the compiled binaries should should also be hosted somewhere so that anyone can download them via wget/curl.

PS: archive.org could be a good option.

[chuanzgh]

Could you quantify "very hard to download files shared on google drive via wget/curl"?

Do you mean, for example, this does not work?

wget -O gdrive-linux-x64 https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B3X9GlR6EmbnQ0FtZmJJUXEyRTA&export=download

[divamgupta]

Sometimes HTML is returned from google's server and that is downloaded.

[robertbarrett]

If you're getting plaintext HTML, it means you're not using the right URL. I see this commonly with sourceforge, if someone wgets the download page link, instead of the direct link.

[zimbatm]

1. Make sure that the client follows HTTP redirects. For example with curl, add the -L option. wget follows redirects by default.
2. Make sure to quote the URL in the shell, some shells treat & as the background operator which means part of the URL is missing.

Example:

curl -fLo gdrive "https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B3X9GlR6EmbnQ0FtZmJJUXEyRTA&export=download"

[slhck]

Could this be added to the installation instructions?