First off, let me say that Tonido is an EXCELLENT piece of software for creating your own personal file server, cloud or backup system. Great job Tonido team! With that said, let’s install the damn thing!

Open up terminal and type the following to download the .deb file: wget http://www.tonido.com/download.php?TonidoSetup_i686.deb.

You could also visit http://www.tonido.com/ and download the .deb file if you’re using Ubuntu Desktop. I’m nerdy so I like to use terminal.

Next, in the terminal window, we move the downloaded file to a specific location (like our downloads folder or desktop): sudo mv download.php\?TonidoSetup_i686.deb TonidoSetup_i686.deb.
I usually CD to the location before I move the downloaded Tonido .deb.

Create a tonido folder for installation: sudo mkdir /usr/local/tonido (I had to create this folder before I started the Tonido install. On the Tonido site, this step is either omitted or not mentioned on purpose. Tonido would not install for me without doing this step however, it may work for you).

Now install fontconfig: sudo apt-get install fontconfig.

Finally, install Tonido by using the following: sudo dpkg -i TonidoSetup_i686.deb (using this line of code like this assumes that you are in the directory where you moved Tonido to. If you are not in the directory you downloaded Tonido to, then just cd to it before running the script).

To run Tonido, using the following command: /usr/local/tonido.sh start.
You should see a screen similar to the one below. Normally after starting Tonido, the terminal window will hang. Just start a new session or close the terminal (doing so will not stop Tonido).

To access Tonido, open your browser and type the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:10001. If you are accessing Tonido via another computer, then type in your server IP address like so: http://:10001.

Follow the onscreen prompt to setup a Tonido account before you actually login to view your files.

That’s it. Tonido is up and running (hopefully) so enjoy. You should also be able to access it via the internet when you are not home by using your server’s external IP address. Of course, you would have to forward some ports on your firewall and have the Tonido machine on (it’s very important) [insert smiley here].

Now! If you’re like me and what to get rid of the Tonido logo and use your own, go to http://www.tonido.com/support/display/docs/Tonido+Biz, download the “Tonido Biz Package” and extract the files to your “/usr/local/tonido” folder. Follow the rest of the instructions on the page to customize your Tonido installation.

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