Rclone backend missing

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Whenever I try to run a command on the ProtonDrive remote: i get this message

2025/04/21 12:40:00 CRITICAL: Failed to create file system for "remote:": didn't find backend called "protondrive"

I did install a flatpak application called Celeste to try to sync files with Proton Drive, but I used a different directory. Is it possible the two messed with each other? I removed the application since it did not work as desired. I assumed because it is installed via flatpak, it does not interfere with rclone config.

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.68.2
- os/version: fedora 41 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.13.11-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.23.4
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

ProtonDrive

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone ls remote:

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

[remote]
type = protondrive
username = <email>
password = <password>
2fa = <2fa>
client_uid = 
client_access_token = 
client_refresh_token = 
client_salted_key_pass =

A log from the command with the -vv flag

2025/04/21 12:44:46 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.68.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "ls" "remote:" "-vv"]
2025/04/21 12:44:46 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "remote:"
2025/04/21 12:44:46 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/okarachalios/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2025/04/21 12:44:46 CRITICAL: Failed to create file system for "remote:": didn't find backend called "protondrive"

welcome to the forum,

should rclone selfupdate and test again.

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Yeah I downloaded the binary executable instead of relying on the package manager version.