Install Seafile Client on Linux¶
Use AppImage¶
Since 9.0.7 version, we only provide official packages in AppImage format. It can be run on most recent Linux distributions. You can find supported OS versions on https://cloud.seatable.io/dtable/external-links/a85d4221e41344c19566/?tid=YzYy&vid=pO5i
You can download Seafile-x86_64-x.y.z.AppImage (e.g. Seafile-x86_64-9.0.7.AppImage) from our official website and give it executable permissionn from the terminal.
chmod +x Seafile-x86_64-9.0.7.AppImage
You can also set executable permission for the AppImage file from the GUI. Right click on the AppImage file and choose the "Property" entry. From there you can set executable permission for the file. More details on: https://discourse.appimage.org/t/how-to-run-an-appimage/80
You can then double-click Seafile-x86_64-x.y.z.AppImage to run it, or run it directly from the terminal.
./Seafile-x86_64-9.0.7.AppImage
Seafile-x86_64-x.y.z.AppImage require FUSE version 2 to run. If your system does not have FUSE installed, please refer to https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE to install it.
AppImages are standalone bundles, and do not need to be installed. However, some users may want their AppImages to be available like distribution provided applications. Please refer to https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/run-appimages.html#ref-desktop-integration for desktop integration to display AppImage's application icons.
Installing with package managers (deprecated)¶
Debian/Ubuntu¶
To install the client, first add the signing key:
sudo wget https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile.asc -O /usr/share/keyrings/seafile-keyring.asc
If apt-get reports following error: "The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available", please update the key for seafile repository.
Then add the repo to your apt source list, using the line corresponding to your Debian/Ubuntu version :
For Debian 9 / Debian 10 / Debian 11 / Ubuntu 18.04 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 22.04
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/seafile-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/$(lsb_release -cs)/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/seafile.list > /dev/null
Update your local apt cache :
sudo apt update
Now install the client:
sudo apt install -y seafile-gui
If you only want to install the command-line client, run sudo apt-get install seafile-cli instead.
If you want to install the debug symbols (for example, when you want to report a bug), you can install the following packages:
sudo apt-get install libsearpc-dbg ccnet-dbg libccnet-dbg seafile-daemon-dbg libseafile-dbg seafile-gui-dbg
note: from seafile version 7.0.8, seaf-cli only support python3.5 or above on Debian/Ubuntu.
Fedora¶
Note: You can install directly from the official Fedora repository.
sudo dnf install -y seafile-client
Arch Linux (Community Maintained)¶
There is a community maintained Seafile Client package for Arch Linux:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/seafile-client/
Linux CLI Usage¶
Please refer to this documentation for how to use Linux client on a command line server.