QNAP Qsync Client for Fedora Linux

QNAP Qsync Client for Fedora Linux.md

QNAP Qsync Client for Fedora Linux

Hello folks, I managed to setup Qsync client under fedora linux 37, so I thought myself to share this simple guide. Basically downloaded Debian qsync utility provided from QNAP and then tweaked missing library paths and related filenames.

INSTALL:

Download and extract the debian package

mkdir QNAPCLIENT
cd QNAPCLIENT
curl -O https://download.qnap.com/Storage/Utility/QNAPQsyncClientUbuntux64-1.0.8.0623.deb
ar x QNAPQsyncClientUbuntux64-1.0.8.0623.deb

xz -d control.tar.xz
tar xvf control.tar 

xz -d data.tar.xz
tar xf data.tar 

To install execute below scripts.

sudo qsync-install.sh
qsync-postinstall.sh

NOTE: Please make sure you retain the dirlists.txt, filelists.txt inorder to cleanup later whenever needed, I suggest you to have backup of this folder as such intact :)

UNINSTALL:

To cleanup qsync pro from the system just execute below uninstall script, which will clean most things that have been setup before. The related QNAP utility files are copied under /usr/local/bin/QNAP, /usr/lib/nautilus, /usr/local/lib/QNAP, /usr/share/nautilus-qsync and the desktop files are located under ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ~/Desktop/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop. So if you clean manually all these files that should be suffice enough, although i've covered the same in this below script

cd QNAPCLIENT
sudo qsync-uninstall.sh

qsync-install.sh

#!/bin/bash

ID=$(id -u)

if [ $ID -ne 0 ]; then
	echo -e "Script exiting due not privleged user......\n"
	exit 1
fi

if [ -d /usr/local/bin/QNAP ]; then
	echo "QSync pro seems to be already installed"
	exit 0
fi

rm -f dirlists.txt filelists.txt

for i in `find usr -type d`; do if [ ! -d /$i ]; then echo $i >> dirlists.txt; fi; done

for i in `find usr -type f`; do if [ ! -f /$i ]; then echo $i >> filelists.txt; fi; done

while read -r line;
do
  mkdir -p /$line
done < dirlists.txt

while read -r line;
do
  cp ./$line /$line
done < filelists.txt

ln -s /usr/local/lib/QNAP/QsyncClient/libQUiLib.so.1.0.0 /usr/local/lib/QNAP/QsyncClient/libQUiLib.so.1
ln -s /usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.5 /usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4

qsync-postinstall.sh

#!/bin/bash

DESKTOPDIR=$(xdg-user-dir DESKTOP)
NOTIFYREBOOT='Y'

ID=$(id -u)
GID=$(id -g)

install -o $ID -g $GID -m 755 -d ~/.config/autostart

if [ -e ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ]
then
rm ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop || true
NOTIFYREBOOT='N'
fi
if [ -e ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop.tmp ]
then
rm ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop.tmp || true
NOTIFYREBOOT='N'
fi

install -o $ID -g $GID -m 755 ./usr/share/applications/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop
desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications ./usr/share/applications/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop
install -o $ID -g $GID -m 755 ./usr/share/applications/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop $DESKTOPDIR/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop

if [ -e ~/.config/QNAP/Qsync.conf.tmp ]
then
	mv ~/.config/QNAP/Qsync.conf.tmp ~/.config/QNAP/Qsync.conf
	chmod u=rwx ~/.config/QNAP/Qsync.conf
fi

if [ -e ~/.local/share/QNAP/QsyncTmp ]
then
	mv ~/.local/share/QNAP/QsyncTmp ~/.local/share/QNAP/Qsync
	chmod u=rwx -R ~/.local/share/QNAP/Qsync
fi

if [ $NOTIFYREBOOT == 'Y' ]
then
	echo You must restart your computer to complete the Qsync installation. 
	echo Before restarting, please save all open files and close all programs.
	echo Do you want to restart now?
	read -p "[Y/N] " reStartOS

	if [ $reStartOS == 'Y' ] || [ $reStartOS == 'Yes' ] || [ $reStartOS == 'y' ] || [ $reStartOS == 'yes' ]
	then
	reboot -p
	fi
fi

qsync-uninstall.sh

xz -d control.tar.xz#!/bin/bash

ID=$(id -u)

if [ $ID -ne 0 ]; then
	echo -e "Script exiting due not privleged user......\n"
	exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d /usr/local/bin/QNAP ]; then
	echo "QSync pro doesn't seems to be installed"
	exit 0
fi

rm -f /usr/local/lib/QNAP/QsyncClient/libQUiLib.so.1
rm -f /usr/lib64/libjson-c.so.4

while read -r line;
do
  rm -f /$line
done < filelists.txt

while read -r line;
do
  rm -fr /$line
done < dirlists.txt

rm -f dirlists.txt filelists.txt

rm -f ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop ~/Desktop/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop

On Fedora 43 [with GNOME!] in order for QSync to show up in the system tray, I had to:

1. add a gnome extension: sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
2. create a file, e.g. ~/.launch-qsync.sh with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 5
for i in /tmp/.X11-unix/X*; do
    export DISPLAY=":${i##*/X}"
    break
done
/usr/local/bin/QNAP/QsyncClient/Qsync.sh > /tmp/qsync_autostart.log 2>&1 &

3. adapt ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop, search for the line starting with Exec and set your newly created script to be executed: Exec=/home/<your-user>/.launch-qsync.sh
4. Additionally I adapted /usr/local/bin/QNAP/QsyncClient/Qsync.sh to better support high-res displays. I suppose you could also achieve this via the .desktop file - but I honestly don't know how and didn't want to invest more time. Add

export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2

On Fedora 43 in order for QSync to show up in the system tray, I had to:

1. add a gnome extension: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
2. create a file, e.g. ~/.launch-qsync.sh with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 5
for i in /tmp/.X11-unix/X*; do
    export DISPLAY=":${i##*/X}"
    break
done
/usr/local/bin/QNAP/QsyncClient/Qsync.sh

3. adapt ~/.config/autostart/QNAPQsyncClient.desktop, search for the line starting with Exec and set your newly created script to be executed: Exec=/home/<your-user>/.launch-qsync.sh
4. Additionally I adapted /usr/local/bin/QNAP/QsyncClient/Qsync.sh to better support high-res displays. Add

export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2

I am on KDE/Bazzite. Should this work ?
I see you use apt would that be dnf ?

thanks

On Fedora 43 GNOME you need to:
sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
and then enable it with
gnome-extensions enable appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com
However this is NOT for you because you're on KDE/Bazzite which will be KDE Plasma.

Because You're on KDE, you don't need an extension for this. AppIndicator/KStatusNotifierItem (SNI) support is built directly into the Plasma system tray. It's handled natively, since KDE actually created the KStatusNotifierItem spec that AppIndicator is based on.
Any app that uses AppIndicators or SNI will automatically appear in the Plasma system tray without installing anything extra. If a tray icon isn't showing up, you can check the system tray settings by right-clicking the tray ---> "Configure System Tray…" and making sure the relevant entries aren't hidden.

You are right - sorry for the little error. I adapted my previous comment. And yes, I'm using GNOME, so the steps only work for GNOME.