Comment 10 for bug 910207

well, I bit the bullet and installed python-ubuntu-sso-client package, and now I have a working u1sync -- hooray!

To summarise, from a clean install of precise, these are the packages you need:
    python-gobject
    python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol
    python-ubuntuone-client
    python-ubuntu-sso-client

To obtain and setup u1sync, you'll also need bzr:
    sudo apt-get install bzr
    bzr branch lp:u1sync
    sudo python u1sync/setup.py install

I'm still very interested in hearing Rodney's recommended alternative to u1sync (which he recommends against). We are crying out for a decent, supported, completely headless CLI for ubuntu one.