Getting started

Installing the program

To install the client automatically, use the command for quick package installation.

Example of quick .deb package installation

echo "deb http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex-disk.list > /dev/null && wget http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y yandex-disk

To install the client manually, download the appropriate version of the package from the corresponding link below.


Package format	32-bit	64-bit
.deb (Ubuntu, Debian)	yandex-disk_latest_i386	yandex-disk_latest_amd64
.rpm (Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS)	yandex-disk-latest.i386	yandex-disk-latest.x86_64


Package format	32-bit	64-bit
.deb (Ubuntu, Debian)	yandex-disk_latest_i386	yandex-disk_latest_amd64
.rpm (Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS)	yandex-disk-latest.i386	yandex-disk-latest.x86_64

Attention. By downloading the software, you agree to the terms of the License Agreement.

Example of installation using the dpkg package manager

# dpkg -i yandex-disk_0.1.0.103_i386.deb

Note. The repository is automatically installed at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex.list

Example of installation using the rpm package manager

# rpm -ivh yandex-disk-0.1.0.103-1.fedora.i386.rpm

Note. The repository is automatically installed to /etc/yum.repos.d/yandex.repo

You can also add the repository containing the yandex-disk package to the list of available package manager repositories and install the package using the apt-get or yum utilities.

Installation using apt-get

Attention. Save a copy of the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex.list before making changes to it.

# wget -O YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG
# apt-key add YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG
# echo "deb http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex-disk.list
# apt-get update
# apt-get install yandex-disk

Installation using yum

# nano /etc/yum.repos.d/yandex.repo
# rpm --import http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG
# yum install yandex-disk

yandex.repo contents:

[yandex]
name=Yandex
failovermethod=priority
baseurl=http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/rpm/stable/$basearch/
enabled=1
metadata_expire=1d
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/YANDEX-DISK-KEY.GPG

Setup wizard

You can run the client setup using the setup command.

$ yandex-disk setup

Enter the name of the directory where the local copy of Yandex.Disk is stored. If you leave the name blank, a Yandex.Disk folder will be created in the home directory.
Indicate whether or not to use a proxy server (y/n).
Indicate whether or not to launch the client at startup (y/n).
Enter your Yandex username.
Enter your Yandex password.
Attention. If you use two-factor authentication or have used it before, you need a one-time password generated by the “Yandex.Key” mobile app to log in to the Yandex.Disk program.

When the wizard finishes, the config.cfg configuration file is created in the ~/.config/yandex-disk directory.

Example of the 'config.cfg' file

# Path to authorization data
auth="/home/user/ydconfig/my_passwd"

# Directory for storing a local copy of Yandex.Disk.
dir="/home/user/myDisk"

# Do not sync specified folders.
#exclude-dirs="exclude/dir1,exclude/dir2,path/to/another/exclude/dir"

# Specify proxy server. Examples:
#proxy=https,127.0.0.1,80
#proxy=https,127.0.0.1,80,login,password
#proxy=https,127.0.0.1,443
#proxy=socks4,my.proxy.local,1080,login,password
#proxy=socks5,my.another.proxy.local,1081
#proxy=auto
#proxy=no