Turn on SSH and turn off auto update and modified the file so that downgrade will be allowed. You might need to resize your My Cloud via a hard reset. May need to factory restore after -hold reset button for 10 secs, keep holding, unplug power, 30sec, plug back in, keep holding 40secs and then release.

1. back up sourcelist

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   cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak

   modifiy sourcelist, this worked for my case.

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   http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main

   Different version of repository. ¹

2. Make the file excutable (chomod +x) and execute (-step1.sh) or input stepwise at shell (only install php5.gd, or the wd web UI will break):

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   #!/bin/bash # script adapted from http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-Installing-OwnCloud-Server-on-My-Book-Live/td-p/561699 #check that requirements are fullfilled if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then     echo -e "this script must be run as root.\n"     exit 1 fi echo -n "Removing WD-NAS Package References..." rm -f /var/lib/dpkg/info/wd-nas.* echo "done!" echo "When prompted to install packages or unverified packages, answer Y to both prompts." echo "When prompted to overwrite files, choose NOT to overwrite them." echo "Overwriting the files may cause your system to **bleep**. So dont." #echo "read -p "Do you understand and wish to continue? [y/N] " -n 1 #if ! [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then #    echo -e "\nUSER ABORT\n" #    exit 1; #fi #http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/OwnCloud/td-p/679681/page/2  -good #http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/GUIDE-Owncloud/td-p/693820 -do not follow the install package apt-get update apt-get install php5-gd  #only this package, otherwise the UI will break clear echo -ne "Packages Installed. Installing Owncloud" cd /var/www/htdocs wget https://download.owncloud.com/download/community/setup-owncloud.php --no-check-certificate chmod 755 setup-owncloud.php chgrp www-data /var/www/htdocs chmod g+w /var/www/htdocs

   Choose agree to update the follow by “keep current setting” when prompted (two at shell buffer and two gui, as shown following)

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   Configuration file `/etc/cron.d/php5' ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are: Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version N or O  : keep your currently-installed version D     : show the differences between the versions Z     : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** php5 (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?

   

3. Set up Owncloud.

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   cd /var/www/htdocs nano -c +146 setup-owncloud.php

4. Create a admin user name and password.

   

5. If nothing goes wrong, you should have access to the your owncloud dashboard.

6. Update configration file using your owncloud name (put conf in etc/apache2/conf.d does not work)

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   nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/icloud.conf

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   <Directory /var/www/htdocs/icloud/>    AllowOverride All    Options +FollowSymLinks </Directory> <Directory /var/www/htdocs/icloud/data>    Order deny,allow    Deny from all </Directory>

7. Excute the 2nd script

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   #!/bin/bash #check that requirements are fullfilled if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then     echo -e "this script must be run as root.\n"     exit 1 fi /etc/init.d/apache2 restart chmod g-w /var/www/htdocs service apache2 stop mv /var/www/htdocs/icloud/data /DataVolume/icloud_data chgrp www-data /DataVolume/icloud_data chmod 770 /DataVolume/icloud_data ln -s /DataVolume/icloud_data /var/www/htdocs/icloud/data service apache2 start

8. Find the emailing notification issue.

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   ln -s /var/www/rest-api/lib/pear/includes /usr/share/pear

   Increase Apache speed (adapted from link here):

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   nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mpm_prefork.conf: MaxRequestWorkers 10 -> 256 MaxConnectionsPerChild 10 -> 256

9. Clean up and Enjoy your own Dropbox!

1. Install davfs2 – adapted from link

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   sudo pacman -S davfs2

   You should be able to access your owncloud from a file manager using davs://your-owncloud-url:port#/remote.php/webdav/

2. or, mount as regular user, link First, add yourself to network group (where username is replaced with your username):

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   usermod -a -G network username

3. Add webdav entry to /etc/fstab (again, replacing username with your actual username):

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   https://webdav.example.com /home/username/webdav davfs user,noauto,uid=username,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1

4. Create secrets file in your home:

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   $ mkdir ~/.davfs2/ $ echo "https://webdav.example.com webdavuser webdavpassword" >> ~/.davfs2/secrets $ chmod 0600 ~/.davfs2/secrets

5. Now you should be able to mount and unmount ~/webdav:

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   # mount ~/webdav # fusermount -u ~/webdav

6. To solve the certificate warning, add the command you used in step 4 to ./.bashrc -adapted from Owncloud site link

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   echo "y" | mount ~/owncloud > /dev/null 2>&1

7. Reboot your WD My Cloud and your Arch Linux box, Enjoy!!

IOS APPZ -use simple url or ip plus username and password for access. iPhone/setting/Contact etc/add caldav and carddav to sync link calender and contact, need to add a contact in owncloud to activate contact first, restart sever if needed.