Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, MEGA is a cloud storage service that provides 50 GB free space on the cloud, allowing the users to backup and share files. This storage service is famous because its encryption, the users being able to login via RSA 2048-bit keys.
Recently, an official MEGA client, called MEGA Sync has been released for Linux, allowing the users to easily backup and sync files and folders, on different computers.
MEGA Sync 1.0.29 is available for the latest Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE systems. Also, nautilus-megasync is available, for providing Nautilus integration for the MEGA sync client.
In this article I will show you how to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Debian 7 Wheezy, Fedora 20, Fedora 19, OpenSUSE 13.1 and OpenSUSE 12.3.
Follow the instructions for your system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Ubuntu 14.04 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_14.04/i386/megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_14.04/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ nautilus -q
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_14.04/i386/megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_14.04/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ nautilus -q
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Ubuntu 14.04 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_12.04/i386/megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_12.04/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ nautilus -q
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_12.04/i386/megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_12.04/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ nautilus -q
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Debian 7 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_7.0/i386/megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_7.0/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_i386.deb
$ nautilus -q
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ sudo apt-get install gdebi
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_7.0/i386/megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_7.0/i386/nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ sudo gdebi nautilus-megasync_1.0.29_amd64.deb
$ nautilus -q
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Fedora 20 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_20/i686/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i686.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_20/i686/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i686.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i686.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i686.rpm
$ nautilus -q
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_20/x86_64/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_20/x86_64/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm
$ nautilus -q
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on Fedora 19 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_19/i686/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i686.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_19/i686/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i686.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i686.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i686.rpm
$ nautilus -q
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_19/x86_64/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Fedora_19/x86_64/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo yum localinstall nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm
$ nautilus -q
How to install MEGA Sync 1.0.29 on OpenSUSE 13.1 systems:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/openSUSE_13.1/i586/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i586.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/openSUSE_13.1/i586/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo zypper install megasync-1.0.29-16.1.i586.rpm
$ sudo zypper install nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.i586.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/openSUSE_13.1/x86_64/megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ wget https://mega.co.nz/linux/MEGAsync/openSUSE_13.1/x86_64/nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo zypper install megasync-1.0.29-16.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo zypper install nautilus-megasync-1.0.29-10.1.x86_64.rpm