How to install Dropbox?

Question

For some reason installing Dropbox via software center does not work.

I get a message that sends me to Dropbox website where I follow the instructions. But at the end it says it says:

Next, run the Dropbox daemon from the newly created .dropbox-dist folder.

I am not able to do this. Running the command ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd fails for me.

Running Ubuntu on Windows 7 Home Edition.

Answer 1

• Add Dropbox’s repository key

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E

• Add Dropbox’s repository

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"

• update and install Dropbox

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

Follow the steps When dropbox prompted with the screen

For Ubuntu 12.10

Add repository key

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E

Add repository

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main"

Update your system and install Dropbox

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

• When prompted with the screen, click Next

• Then click Start Dropbox to continue.

Answer 2

Install Dropbox via command line

The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers. To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.

32-bit:
$ cd ~ && wget -O - "http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -

64-bit:
$ cd ~ && wget -O - "http://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

Direct links

For 64 bit : Download Here

For 32 bit : Download Here

Add the official PPA

So that you get regular updates

Add Dropbox’s repository key

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E

Add Dropbox’s repository

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"

update and install Dropbox

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

Follow the instructions on the screen.
Install by any method You find easy(i prefer the ppa though).Hope it helps

Answer 3

This doesn't work on 12.10 (quantal) because dropbox hasn't put a quantal package in its repository. You can see that by manually looking at the repo (http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/) and see that quantal isn't there.

I solved this by using precise in my source file instead of quantal. Technically, I'm using a version of dropbox that's not meant for my system, but I'm assuming the differences are small (it's only 6 months). So far, no problems on two different machines. YMMV.

Note: this is valid as of the time I'm typing this. They may add quantal support in the future.

Answer 4

Download the latest dropbox .deb file from the official site : https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx and run it. When it show the welcome screen, follow it carefully. Just now I installed it on my machine without any issues.

Answer 5

I went to https://www.dropbox.com/install/ and downloaded the .deb file. There are three steps to follow:

Install Dropbox via command line (Terminal)

The Dropbox daemon works fine on all 32-bit and 64-bit Linux servers. To install, run the following command in your Linux terminal.

32-bit:

cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -

64-bit:

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

It worked for me in 12.04 and 12.10.

Answer 6

As said previously by Ashu, you can install Dropbox on Ubuntu with the Dropbox daemon.

I wrote an article to do so: http://nicolas.landier.org/2013/03/09/dropbox-install-on-headless-debian-server/

It was written for Debian but work just as fine with Ubuntu.