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How To Install Dropbox in Ubuntu

To Install Dropbox in Ubuntu 15.10

Dropbox is an online file sharing service. It provides a real time data synchronising across multiple platforms and architectures. Installation of Dropbox in Ubuntu is explained in this article.

Features

  • Free 2 GB online storage.
  • Get up-to 16 GB online storage with referrals.
  • Pro Dropbox account gets 500GB online storage.
  • Business accounts are supported and it starts with 1 TB online storage with 5 Users.
  • Available for all Desktop and mobile platforms
  • Works even when you are working offline.
  • Transfer only changed/new content.
  • Can be configured to set bandwidth limit.
  • Edit files in real-time directly in dropbox.
  • Easy sharing and User-Friendly file upload

Add the dropbox repository into apt location. Add this line at end of the file.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# vim /etc/apt/sources.list
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily main

Import the Dropbox GPG key.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.LMRKxsrsj4 -.
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

Update your machine by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease                                
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [65.9 kB]             
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease     
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Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en        
Fetched 1,847 kB in 19s (94.4 kB/s)                                            
Reading package lists... Done

Install the dropbox package.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt install dropbox python-gpgme
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up python-gpgme (0.3-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

Run the following command to open Dropbox

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# dropbox start

Click Ok to start installation

Installation of dropbox is running.

Create new account in Dropbox

Login Dropbox with created mail id and password

Click " Open my Dropbox Folder"

To check the size of dropbox ,click dropbox icon.

Copy the file into dropbox folder as shown below

Open the browser login dropbox and enter the mail id and password

Now the dropbox will open, click recent menu to view the recent files stored

Enjoy using Dropbox&hellip &hellip ..!

Tag : Dropbox File sharing Ubuntu
FAQ
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Instead of downloading .deb file why you have added them in "/etc/apt/sources.list"?
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"/etc/apt/sources.list" is the repolist file you can add the deb path and update the system by "apt-get update" and install the package
Q
Can't install Dropbox after upgrading to 16.04 LTS
A
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -

Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Q
Is there any Free alternative tools for dropbox?
A
Yes, there are plenty like owncloud,Next cloud, seafile and so on among this opencloud and nextcloud is way good
Q
Dropbox won't start anymore?
A
Runt the following command,
rm -rf $HOME/.dropbox-dist
dropbox start -i
Q
dropbox won't start apparently due to permission problem?
A
It turns out that I found the solution by looking at the last line of the file /tmp/dropbox_errorwAmEC4.txt:

ImportError: libxslt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
It turns out that the package libxslt1.1 (on debian) was not installed but required. By installing it, the problem was solved. I hope it can help someone else.