Install and Use RcloneView on Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS Linux

April 1, 2026 · 5 min read

Senior Engineer

Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS Stream, and Rocky Linux are RPM-based distributions widely used for workstations and enterprise servers. RcloneView runs on all of them, bringing visual cloud storage management to the Red Hat ecosystem.

While Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions get most of the Linux attention in tutorials, the RPM-based family — Fedora (desktops and workstations), RHEL (enterprise), CentOS Stream (upstream testing), and Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux (RHEL alternatives) — represents a large portion of Linux deployments. RcloneView's Linux build works across this entire family, and setup is straightforward.

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RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
Schedulers & history for reliable automation
Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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Supported Distributions

Distribution	Version	Architecture
Fedora	38+	x86_64, aarch64
RHEL	8, 9	x86_64, aarch64
CentOS Stream	8, 9	x86_64
Rocky Linux	8, 9	x86_64, aarch64
AlmaLinux	8, 9	x86_64

Step 1 — Install RcloneView

Download the appropriate Linux package from rcloneview.com.

For RPM-based distributions, RcloneView is distributed as an AppImage or a direct binary — a self-contained executable that doesn't require system installation.

Download and run (AppImage):

# Download RcloneView AppImage
wget https://rcloneview.com/src/download.html -O RcloneView.AppImage

# Make it executable
chmod +x RcloneView.AppImage

# Run
./RcloneView.AppImage

Alternatively, for a desktop application entry:

# Move to a standard location
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
mv RcloneView.AppImage ~/.local/bin/rcloneview

# Create a desktop entry (optional)
cat > ~/.local/share/applications/rcloneview.desktop << EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=RcloneView
Exec=/home/$USER/.local/bin/rcloneview
Icon=rcloneview
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Network;
EOF

Step 2 — Install FUSE (for Mount Features)

The cloud drive mounting feature requires FUSE. On RPM-based distributions:

Fedora:

sudo dnf install fuse fuse3
sudo modprobe fuse

RHEL / CentOS Stream / Rocky Linux:

sudo dnf install fuse fuse3
# Add your user to the fuse group
sudo usermod -aG fuse $USER

On RHEL-based systems, you may also need to enable the FUSE module:

echo "fuse" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/fuse.conf

Verify FUSE is available:

fusermount3 --version

Step 3 — Install Rclone (if not bundled)

RcloneView requires rclone to be installed separately. On RPM-based distributions:

Using the official rclone installer (recommended):

sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Using dnf on Fedora:

sudo dnf install rclone

Verify installation:

rclone version

Step 4 — Launch RcloneView and Add Remotes

Launch RcloneView and add your cloud accounts:

Add cloud remotes in RcloneView on Fedora

For remotes requiring OAuth (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox), RcloneView opens the system browser. On RHEL server installations without a desktop, use the --auth-no-browser rclone flag or authorize via a machine that has a browser and copy the token.

Headless Server Deployment (RHEL/CentOS)

For RHEL servers without a desktop environment, run RcloneView in its backend mode and access it via a remote browser:

Start RcloneView's API backend:

./rcloneview --no-browser --api-port 5572 &

Access from a remote machine via SSH port forwarding:
```
ssh -L 5572:localhost:5572 user@your-rhel-server
```
Open http://localhost:5572 in your local browser.

Scheduling Jobs on Linux

For automated backups on RHEL or Fedora, use systemd timers or cron alongside RcloneView's job scheduling:

Using cron:

# Edit crontab
crontab -e

# Add nightly backup at 2 AM
0 2 * * * /usr/bin/rclone sync /data/important s3-remote:backup-bucket --log-file /var/log/rclone-backup.log

Using a systemd timer (preferred on RHEL 8/9):

Create /etc/systemd/system/rclone-backup.service:

[Unit]
Description=Rclone Cloud Backup

[Service]
Type=oneshot
User=backup-user
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone sync /data/important s3-remote:backup-bucket

Create /etc/systemd/system/rclone-backup.timer:

[Unit]
Description=Daily rclone backup

[Timer]
OnCalendar=daily
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Enable and start:

sudo systemctl enable --now rclone-backup.timer

SELinux Considerations

RHEL-based distributions run SELinux in enforcing mode by default. If RcloneView has trouble accessing certain paths or mounting drives:

# Check for SELinux denials
sudo ausearch -m avc -ts recent | grep rclone

# Allow rclone to read user home directories (if needed)
sudo setsebool -P user_home_t:process allow_execmem 1

Most operations work without SELinux modifications. Mount operations may require the appropriate SELinux context on the mount point.

Getting Started

Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
Install FUSE for mount support: sudo dnf install fuse fuse3.
Install rclone via the official installer.
Run RcloneView, add your cloud remotes, and start managing cloud storage.

Fedora workstations and RHEL servers are first-class citizens in RcloneView's Linux support. All 70+ cloud providers, mounting, encryption, scheduling, and folder comparison work the same as on any other platform.

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