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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
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Installation of dropbox is running.
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Create new account in Dropbox
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Login Dropbox with created mail id and password
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Click " Open my Dropbox Folder"
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To check the size of dropbox ,click dropbox icon.
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Copy the file into dropbox folder as shown below
Installation-Dropbox-online-file-sharing-real-time-data-synchronising-across-multiple-platforms-and-architectures-Ubuntu15.10- Copy-file
Open the browser login dropbox and enter the mail id and password
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Now the dropbox will open, click recent menu to view the recent files stored
Installation-Dropbox-online-file-sharing-real-time-data-synchronising-across-multiple-platforms-and-architectures-Ubuntu15.10- view-recent-files-stored

Enjoy using Dropbox&hellip &hellip ..!

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Instead of downloading .deb file why you have added them in "/etc/apt/sources.list"?

A

"/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.

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