General Information
Install the Google Drive Client (Grive2) using a PPA (personal packaging archive). This page has been updated to reflect the new Grive2 fork that uses the REST APIs.
Checklist
From a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grive
Create local folder and get auth code
mkdir ~/googledrive cd ~/googledrive grive -a
Sync all local google drive folder anytime
cd ~/googledrive grive
Sync a subfolder only
cd ~/googledrive/docs grive -s